Central Nebraska Regional Airport

Central Nebraska Regional Airport
USGS 1999 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHall County Airport Authority
ServesGrand Island, Nebraska
Elevation AMSL1,847 ft / 563 m
Coordinates40°58′03″N 098°18′35″W / 40.96750°N 98.30972°W / 40.96750; -98.30972
Websiteflygrandisland.com
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GRI is located in Nebraska
GRI
GRI
GRI is located in the United States
GRI
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7,002 2,134 Concrete
13/31 6,608 2,014 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (12 months ending June 30, 2022)20,074
Based aircraft37

Central Nebraska Regional Airport (IATA: GRI, ICAO: KGRI, FAA LID: GRI) is three miles northeast of Grand Island, in Hall County, Nebraska. It is owned by the Hall County Airport Authority.[1] The airport sees two airlines, Allegiant Air which flies independently and American Eagle which is subsidized by the federal Essential Air Service program. In 2016 the airport had 68,879 passenger boardings (enplanements), a 6.6% increase from the 64,602 enplanements in 2015.[2] The airport had 7,961 enplanements in calendar year 2008,[3] 20,136 in 2009 and 37,101 in 2010.[4]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a nonhub primary airport based on enplanements in 2016 (over 10,000 per year).

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GRI – CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2016" (PDF, 831 KB). Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport, 6 October 2017. Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.