Chadron Municipal Airport

Chadron Municipal Airport (IATA: CDR, ICAO: KCDR, FAA LID: CDR) is in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States, five miles west of Chadron.[1] It sees one airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Chadron Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Chadron
ServesChadron, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL3,298 ft / 1,005 m
Coordinates42°50′15″N 103°05′43″W
WebsiteCDR Website
Map
CDR is located in Nebraska
CDR
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CDR is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,998 1,828 Concrete
12/30 4,400 1,341 Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2020)7,665
Based aircraft (2022)12

Facilities

Chadron Municipal Airport covers 716 acres (290 ha) at an elevation of 3,298 feet (1,005 m). It has two concrete runways: 3/21 is 5,998 by 100 feet (1,828 x 30 m) and 12/30 is 4,400 by 75 feet (1,341 x 23 m).[1]

In the year ending June 22, 2020 the airport had 7,665 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 69% general aviation, 16% airline, 9% air taxi and 6% military. In March 2022, there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: all 12 single-engine.[1]

Airline and destination
AirlinesDestinations
Southern Airways Express Denver[2]

Historical airline service

The first airline flights were Western DC-3s in 1956; Frontier replaced Western in early 1959. The last Frontier Twin Otter left in 1980. Great Lakes Airlines flew to Denver International Airport, connecting to United Airlines and Frontier Airlines, which both had codeshare agreements with Great Lakes.[3] Boutique Air took over Great Lakes' service beginning July 15, 2015.[4][5]

Statistics
Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA[6]
Year 2009 [7] 2010 [8] 2011 [9] 2012 [10] 2013[11] 2014[12] 2015[13] 2016[14] 2017[15] 2018[16] 2019[16]
Enplanements 1,875 1,769 1,980 2,037 2,244 777 1,715 4,474 5,532 5,218 4,233
Change Decrease012.87% Decrease05.65% Increase011.93% Increase02.88% Increase010.16% Decrease065.37% Increase0120.72% Increase0160.87% Increase023.65% Decrease05.68% Decrease018.88%
Airline Great Lakes Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Great Lakes Airlines Boutique Air Boutique Air Boutique Air Boutique Air Boutique Air
Destination(s) Alliance
Denver
Sidney		 Denver
Williston		 Denver
Williston		 Denver
Scottsbluff		 Denver
Scottsbluff		 Denver
Scottsbluff		 Denver Alliance
Denver		 Alliance
Denver		 Alliance
Denver		 Denver

Accidents and incidents
  • On June 12, 2013, a general aviation aircraft crashed during takeoff. The pilot had minor injuries, and the FAA was notified and sent investigators from the FAA in Rapid City.[17]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for CDR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective March 24, 2022.
  2. "Southern Airways names Bradford tops in customer satisfaction". 15 April 2021.
  3. Chadron Municipal Airport Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine page at City of Chadron website
  4. Editor, By (5 May 2015). "City names new airline : Community". Retrieved 2015-05-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. Axtell, John. First Boutique Air Flights July 1 For Alliance, July 15 For Chadron, KCSR, June 23, 2015, Retrieved 2015-06-28
  6. "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports – Airports". www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  7. "2009 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 891 KB). CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. November 23, 2010.
  8. "2010 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  9. "2011 Enplanements at Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF). CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 9, 2012.
  10. "2012 Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport" (PDF). CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 31, 2013.
  11. "All Airports with CY 2013 Enplanements" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  12. "Calendar Year 2014 Enplanements by State" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-07-01.
  13. "Calendar Year 2015 Enplanements by State" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-27.
  14. "Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-12-01.
  15. "Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-17.
  16. "Calendar Year 2019 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-17.
  17. Rapid City Journal
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