Southeast Iowa Regional
BRL · KBRL · Burlington, Iowa · Des Moines County · map
Southeast Iowa Regional is a public-use airport owned by SE Iowa Reg Arpt Authority, 2 miles southwest of Burlington, Iowa, 699 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,102 feet of 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 17,550 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4,071 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Southeast Iowa Regional?
Its FAA code is BRL, and its ICAO code is KBRL.
Where is Southeast Iowa Regional?
It is 2 miles southwest of Burlington, Iowa, 699 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Southeast Iowa Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 6,102 feet long.
Does Southeast Iowa Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Southeast Iowa Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Southeast Iowa Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Kirksville Regional, Smyrna, Quincy Rgnl-Baldwin Field, Southeast Iowa Regional. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Southeast Iowa Regional?
2 pilot examiners and 2 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 Southeast Iowa Regional…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BRL · ICAO KBRL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- SE Iowa Reg Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 699 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,102 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,351 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 104 ft high 2,588 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 40 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 4,850 ft available for landing, road 16 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Brl and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.025 | |
| Burlington and rco | 122.2 | Burlington |
| Burlington and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.6 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 319-752-6246.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mount Pleasant Municipal (20 nm northwest), Keokuk Municipal (24 nm southwest), Macomb Municipal (27 nm southeast).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Line of sight NA between runway 12 and 36.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 12, 18 and 30; VASI runway 12; PAPI runway 18 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Between 500 feet west of runway 18/36 and runway 18/36 grade 1.0 pct up southeast.
- Runway 36 calm wind runway.
- Approach ratio 25:1.
- Self service fuel available north end of apron.
- Surface condition unmnt 7:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 665 departures from BRL in those twelve months, carrying 6,271 passengers in 16,664 seats (38% filled), to 16 destinations on 1 airline.
All 16 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 27 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 17,550, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,629 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,784 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,830 |
| general aviation, local | 5,220 |
| military | 87 |
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 Burlington from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, Iowa: 22 piston singles, 7 drones, 1 turboprop, 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 Iowa.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
- Jeffrey Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet Air, Inc. · Galesburg, IL (33 nm) · (309) 221-3577 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Muscatine, IA (35 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 Burlington 31 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 7 drones, 1 turboprops
- Nexus Aerial AG LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Iowa Aircraft INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 592 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Kirksville Regional (IRK) 25 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Smyrna (MQY) 15 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Quincy Rgnl-Baldwin Field (UIN) 12 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Southeast Iowa Regional (BRL) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois (MWA) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Owensboro/Daviess County Regional (OWB) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,499 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BRL.json.
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 22, 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.