KDBQ is the ICAO code for Dubuque Regional Airport (IATA DBQ), located in Dubuque, IA.
Dubuque Regional Airport (KDBQ) is a medium airport in Dubuque, IA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KDBQ or IATA code DBQ. It sits in North America.
Dubuque 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 6,502 ft (1,982 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.
Dubuque Regional Airport lies at 1,077 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 193 departing and 148 arriving private-jet legs at KDBQ across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KDBQ 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.