Aberdeen Regional Airport – ABR Abereen
Aberdeen Regional Airport is a public airport with an airport code of ABR situated two miles of Aberdeen’s central business district in Brown County, South Dakota. The airport was the site of South Dakota’s first fly-in even 1923, and starting May 1942 it was used by United State Army Air Force as a training airfield for the air gliding proficiency of army air force students using C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 gliders. It was initially called Aberdeen Municipal Airport and was renamed to Saunders Field in 1946. Today, Aberdeen Regional Airport was used mainly used for general aviation and caters to one commercial flight.
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Aberdeen Regional Airport has an area of 1,284 acres with two concrete and asphalt runways. As of December 2017, the airport has a total of nearly 40,000 aircraft operations or an average of 110 daily consisting mainly of general aviation and commercial flights. It is also the hub of 55 aircrafts including single-engine and multi-engine. The airport terminal boasts a moving jet bridge allowing passengers to walk into the terminal right into the airplane. It caters to one commercial flight via Delta Connection to Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Aberdeen is the closest hotel from Aberdeen Regional Airport that offers a comfortable stay. Other nearby hotels from the airport are the Hampton inn & Suites Aberdeen and the My Place Hotel-Aberdeen, SD.
Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) is the closest airport from Aberdeen Regional Airport that also caters the aviation needs of the state of South Dakota.
