Chadron Municipal Airport


Chadron Municipal Airport is in Dawes County, Nebraska, five miles west of Chadron. It sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,152 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,875 in 2009 and 1,769 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities

Chadron Municipal Airport covers 716 acres at an elevation of 3,298 feet. It has two concrete runways: 2/20 is 5,998 by 100 feet and 11/29 is 4,400 by 75 feet.
In the year ending July 31, 2011 the airport had 7,665 aircraft operations, average 21 per day: 69% general aviation, 16% airline, 9% air taxi, and 6% military. 18 aircraft were then based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.

Airline and destination

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

Accidents and incidents