Kearney Regional Airport

Kearney Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Kearney
ServesKearney, Nebraska
LocationCenter Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL2,131 ft / 650 m
Coordinates40°43′37″N 099°00′24″W / 40.72694°N 99.00667°W / 40.72694; -99.00667
Websitewww.FlyKearney.com
Map
EAR
EAR
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 7,094 2,162 Concrete
13/31 4,498 1,371 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations (year ending 10/31/202121,770
Based aircraft33

Kearney Regional Airport (IATA: EAR, ICAO: KEAR, FAA LID: EAR) (formerly Kearney Municipal Airport) is an airport five miles northeast of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Denver Air Connection provides scheduled passenger service to Denver which is supported by the Essential Air Service.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 11,956 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 10,113 in 2009 and 9,530 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements over 10,000 in 2008, but is non-primary commercial service based on enplanements in 2010.