Commercial Air Service

Great Lakes Aviation, (308) 432-5717 is the local commercial air service provider to the Chadron Airport (CDR) with 2 flights daily (Monday-Friday) and 1 flight daily on Saturday and Sunday to and from Denver International Airport.

One hundred ten miles to the north of Chadron, the Rapid City Regional airport (RAP), 4550 Terminal Road, Suite 102, is home to four commercial airlines, which are Allegiant, Delta, Northwest, and United Express with service to Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, and Denver and Chicago. For more information, call: (605) 394-4195, airport information - (605) 393-9924, or flight information - (605) 393-2850.

Chadron Airport

The Chadron Municipal Airport, (308) 432-0538, located 3 minutes west of the city, is utilized by both commercial and private aircraft. Passenger, airfreight, and air express services are provided; and direct service is available to Alliance, Nebraska, as well as to Denver, Colorado.

Facilities at the Chadron Municipal Airport include two lighted hard-surfaced runways (6,000 feet and 4,400 feet in length), lighted field, rotating beacon, hangers, tie downs, VOR, DME and NDB navigation, ILS approach, GPS approach, fuel, storage, aircraft maintenance, lighted wind cone, VASI on runways 20 and 02, ISL on runway 02, and PAPI on runways 29 and 11. The elevation at the airport is 3,297 feet, the latitude is N42 degrees 50. 25', and the longitude is W130 degrees 05’73'. The nearest major airport is at Rapid City, South Dakota, 110 miles north of Chadron.

Distance to Nearest Regional Airport:

Omaha Eppley	440
Rapid City, SD	110
Denver International	301

Highways

U.S. Highways 385 (north-south) and 20 (east-west) intersect at Chadron. Interstate 90 (east-west) is 110 miles north at Rapid City; I-25 (north-south) is 123 miles west at Orin, Wyoming; and I-80 (east-west) is 130 miles south at Sidney, Nebraska.

Two highways, U.S. Highway 20 and State By-Way 71-2, also intersect at Crawford. The proposed Heartland Expressway will follow the U.S. 385/79 corridor to connect Interstate 80 in Nebraska to Interstate 90 in South Dakota.

For more information, view: www.visitnebraska.org/byways.

Transit Time for Carload or Truckload Lots

Destination	Days By Railroad	Days by Motor Freight
Chicago	1-3 days	1-2 days
Dallas	3-4 days	2-3 days
Denver	1-3 days	1-2 days
Kansas City	1-3 days	1-2 days
Los Angeles	4-7 days	2-3 days
Minneapolis	1-3 days	1-2 days
New York	4-7 days	3-5 days
St. Louis	1-3 days	2-3 days

Bus

The Denver Coach Line, (800) 658-3125 has a daily route between Chadron and Denver. K & S Express, (308) 432-2725 has a bus available upon demand on Tuesdays and Thursdays between Chadron and Norfolk.

The city of Chadron operates public transportation bus, owned by the Northwest Community Action Agency, weekdays within the community limits for transport of the handicapped, senior citizens, and Head Start students. For more information, call (308) 432-0520.

Charter/Rental Bus Lines include:
Dakota Trailways, Spearfish, SD - (800) 499-2652
AmeriStar Tours, Scottsbluff, NE - (866) 567-6027
Good Tyme Charter, Scottsbluff, NE - (308) 635-1725
Greyhound Bus Lines, Kimball, NE - (308) 235-4514

Truck lines

There are trucking firms that serve the area for both inter- and intra-state trucking.

Company	Nearest Terminal	Trucks	Interstate/Intrastate
NTC	Alliance	9	Inter/Intra
L. Johnson Trucking	Chadron	6	Inter/Intra

Distance in Miles from Chadron to:

Omaha	436
Lincoln	427
Chicago	900
Dallas	1,004
Denver	301
Los Angeles	1,258
New York	1,673
Kansas City	618

Railroads

DM&E Railroad serves the community of Chadron with one freight train weekly.