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).
Weather right now KHDE · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 53°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHDE 061935Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A2992 RMK AO2 T03090114
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.