Brewster Field
HDE · KHDE · Holdrege, Nebraska · Phelps County · map
Brewster Field is a public-use airport owned by Holdrege Airport Authority, 2 miles northeast of Holdrege, Nebraska, 2,314 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,701 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 30 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Brewster Field?
Its FAA code is HDE, and its ICAO code is KHDE.
Where is Brewster Field?
It is 2 miles northeast of Holdrege, Nebraska, 2,314 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Brewster Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 4,701 feet long.
Does Brewster Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Brewster Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Brewster Field?
4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Brewster Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HDE · ICAO KHDE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Holdrege Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 2,314 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,701 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 2,429 × 300 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hde and aWOS-3 | 121.325 | |
| Grand Island West Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 308-995-6433.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Kearney Regional (22 nm northeast), Jim Kelly Field (29 nm northwest), Cozad Municipal (39 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Nebraska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Aviators breathing oxygen 2000 psi - bottles can be topped off
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights and PAPI runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Dorothy anderson chairman.
- 100LL 24 hour self service fuel available via credit card system.
- Runway 11 /29 marked; boundary cones on runway ends.
- Runway 18 cntr pivots rotn through approach can create slope as low as 15:1 durg irrigation season.
- Runway 18 ctlg obstruction center pivot irrigator rotates through approach during irrigation season
- South 3100 feet and center 50 feet asphalt.
- Extensive crop spraying operations in the vicinity of airport apr through aug.
- Runway 11/29 not plowed wint months.
- Runway 18 dsgnd calm wind runway.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 10,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Holdrege from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Holdrege, Nebraska: 24 piston singles, 22 turboprops, 6 drones, 5 business jets, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Holdrege 59 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 22 turboprops, 6 drones
- Wells Flying Services LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Westerlin-Harrington Flying Service INC 6 aircraft in town
- Westerlin Harrington Flying Service INC 6 aircraft in town
- Pioneer Agviation 2 LLC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,947 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HDE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.