Baudette International Airport

Baudette International Airport (KBDE) is a medium airport in Baudette, MN. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBDE or IATA code BDE. It sits in North America.

Baudette International Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,000-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 6,000 ft (1,829 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Baudette International Airport lies at 1,086 ft elevation.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 110 departing and 82 arriving private-jet legs at KBDE across the next six months of operator inventory. 4 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KBDE are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Baudette International Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Baudette, a city in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. Also known as Baudette International Airport & Seaplane Base, it is located on the Rainy River, which is the border between Minnesota in the U.S. and Ontario in Canada.