Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (IATA: BRL, ICAO: KBRL, FAA LID: BRL) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Burlington, a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport Authority which includes representatives from the city of Burlington, the city of West Burlington, and Des Moines County. The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
The airport launched in 1929 when the Burlington City Council adopted a resolution to establish a Municipal Airport on an “L”-shaped 55-acre (22 ha) sod field on Summer Street in Burlington, Iowa. Regularly scheduled commercial passenger service started two years later in 1931 when the National Air Transport company added Burlington to its Chicago to Kansas City route. National’s two Ford Trimotor planes made two daily flights to Burlington carrying ten passengers each and lumbering across the sky with a top speed of 152 miles per hour (245 km/h).
SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (IATA: BRL, ICAO: KBRL, FAA LID: BRL) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Burlington, a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.
SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: BRL/KBRL
Lat: 40°46′59″N
Long: 091°07′32″W
Elevation: 698 ft.
Runway length available: 12/30 5350×100 ft. :: 18/36 6702×150 ft.
