Chadron Municipal Airport
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Chadron Municipal Airport
| image =
| IATA = CDR
| ICAO = KCDR
| FAA = CDR
| type = Public
| owner = City of Chadron
| operator =
| city-served = Chadron, Nebraska
| location =
| elevation-f = 3,298
| website = [http://www.chadron-nebraska.com/301/Municipal-Airport CDR Website]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|50|15|N|103|05|43|W|region:US-NE|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Nebraska#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = CDR
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| r1-number = 3/21
| r1-length-f = 5,998
| r1-surface = Concrete
| r2-number = 12/30
| r2-length-f = 4,400
| r2-surface = Concrete
| stat-year =
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2020)
| stat1-data = 7,665
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2022)
| stat2-data = 12
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=CDR|use=PU|own=PU|site=12674.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective March 24, 2022.
}}
Chadron Municipal Airport {{airport codes|CDR|KCDR|CDR}} is in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States, five miles west of Chadron. It sees one airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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).
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.
Airline and destination
{{Update section|date=January 2022}}
{{Airport destination list
| Southern Airways Express | Denver{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradfordera.com/news/local/southern-airways-names-bradford-tops-in-customer-satisfaction/article_084be4e4-fd23-54ce-bca4-48bf508c89bd.html|title=Southern Airways names Bradford tops in customer satisfaction|date=15 April 2021 }}
}}
= 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.[http://www.chadron-nebraska.com/transportation/municipal-airport.html Chadron Municipal Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721021042/http://www.chadron-nebraska.com/transportation/municipal-airport.html|date=July 21, 2009}} page at City of Chadron website Boutique Air took over Great Lakes' service beginning July 15, 2015.{{Cite web|last=Editor|first=By|title=City names new airline : Community|date=5 May 2015 |url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/chadron/city-names-new-airline/article_3d0ba8da-f369-11e4-a88f-c7af423e1faf.html|accessdate=2015-05-05}}Axtell, John. [http://www.chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=37767 First Boutique Air Flights July 1 For Alliance, July 15 For Chadron], KCSR, June 23, 2015, Retrieved 2015-06-28
Statistics
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|+Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA{{Cite web|title=Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports – Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/|website=www.faa.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-26}} ! style="text-align:left;" |Year |
| style="text-align:left;" |Enplanements
| style="text-align:right;" |1,875 | style="text-align:right;" |1,769 | style="text-align:right;" |1,980 | style="text-align:right;" |2,037 | style="text-align:right;" |2,244 | style="text-align:right;" |777 | style="text-align:right;" |1,715 | style="text-align:right;" |4,474 | style="text-align:right;" |5,532 | style="text-align:right;" |5,218 | style="text-align:right;" |4,233 |
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| style="text-align:left;" |Change
| style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}12.87% | style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}5.65% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}11.93% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}2.88% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}10.16% | style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}65.37% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}120.72% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}160.87% | style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}{{0}}23.65% | style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}5.68% | style="text-align:right;" |{{decrease}}{{0}}18.88% |
| Airline
| style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Great Lakes Airlines | style="text-align:center;" | Boutique Air | style="text-align:center;" |Boutique Air | style="text-align:center;" | Boutique Air | style="text-align:center;" | Boutique Air | style="text-align:center;" |Boutique Air |
| Destination(s)
| style="text-align:center;" |Alliance ----Denver ----Sidney | style="text-align:center;" |Denver ----Williston | style="text-align:center;" |Denver ----Williston | style="text-align:center;" |Denver ----Scottsbluff | style="text-align:center;" |Denver ----Scottsbluff | style="text-align:center;" |Denver ----Scottsbluff | style="text-align:center;" |Denver | style="text-align:center;" |Alliance ----Denver | style="text-align:center;" |Alliance ----Denver | style="text-align:center;" |Alliance ----Denver | style="text-align:center;" |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.[http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/chadron/plane-crashes-on-takeoff-at-chadron-airport/article_7e3fd430-d3a3-11e2-a413-0019bb2963f4.html Rapid City Journal]
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.chadron-nebraska.com/301/Municipal-Airport Chadron Municipal Airport] at City of Chadron website
- {{cite web|url= http://www.aero.state.ne.us/chadron.pdf |title=Chadron (CDR) }} at the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=42.8376&lon=-103.0954&w=500&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Aerial photo as of May 1999] from USGS The National Map
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