Knox County Regional
RKD · KRKD · Rockland, Maine · Knox County · map
Knox County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Knox County, 3 miles south of Rockland, Maine, 55 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,412 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 58 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,584 takeoffs and landings a year. About 13,245 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRKD · observed 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 49°F (9°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:20 pm EDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 10 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRKD 062256Z AUTO 29010KT 10SM CLR 09/02 A2993 RMK AO2 SLPNO T00940017
TAF KRKD 062320Z 0700/0724 29010KT P6SM SKC FM070100 28007KT P6SM FEW250 FM070600 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM071700 20015G25KT P6SM SKC FM072200 20010G20KT P6SM FEW250
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 RKD · ICAO KRKD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Knox County
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,412 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 400 ft, 5,012 ft available for landing
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 357 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 50 ft high 525 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 | |
| Rkd and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-594-7946.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,584, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Rockland from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockland, Maine: 4 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Deer and seagulls on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 31; PAPI runway 03, 13 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport may be unatndd from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Voluntary night cufrew in effect 10:30 pm to 6:00 am.
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.