Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) is a medium airport in Brainerd, MN. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBRD or IATA code BRD. It sits in North America.

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 7,100 ft (2,164 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport lies at 1,232 ft elevation.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 2 departing and 1 arriving private-jet legs at KBRD across the next six months of operator inventory. 2 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KBRD 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.

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is mostly used for general aviation but has regular services by one passenger and three cargo airlines.