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    September 4, 2018
    Passengers wait at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport as a Delta jet sits on the tarmac outside the terminal. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatchplay button
    Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport spreads its wings, soars into 2019
    It might seem a little obvious to say, but things at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport are on the up and up. The Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport...
    businessSeptember 4, 2018 - 5:27pm
    September 2, 2018
    Clay County native and aviation pioneer Florence Klingensmith. Special to The Forum.play button
    Famous flyer: Minn.native lauded in New York Times best-seller 'Fly Girls'
    MOORHEAD — Florence Klingensmith was a woman ahead of — actually, above — her time. The female aviator, called an aviatrix...
    community/peopleSeptember 2, 2018 - 9:55am
    March 6, 2018
    The arrival/departure terminal remodeling project entails an expansion of 4000 square feet -- priced at $1.25 million and slated to open in either spring or fall 2019. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
    Airport embarks on expansion project for arrival/departure terminal
    The Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is looking to spread its wings with an expansion for its arrival/departure terminal. These efforts, Director...
    newsMarch 6, 2018 - 8:00am
    January 24, 2018
    Pilot found dead in plane crash in central Minn. identified
    SAUK CENTRE, Minn. -- A 50-year-old pilot was found dead after his single-engine experimental aircraft was discovered Wednesday morning, Jan....
    news/accidentsJanuary 24, 2018 - 7:08pm
    January 8, 2018
    A Delta Airlines commuter passenger jet taxis into position Thursday with the help of ground crew at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport. Commercial air traffic has increased steadily during 2017 at the facility. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch Gallery.
    Giving Crow Wing County its wings
    On any runway, there are tiny moments of turbulence: up and down, touch and go with the pavement, or before enough thrust is generated for an...
    newsJanuary 8, 2018 - 5:00am
    December 28, 2016
    Daryl Ingalsbe, pilot, talks in October about the views he had when he flew around the world. Ingalsbe remembers Russia being the most different place he visited. That experimental plane that crashed Tuesday in the front yard of a home in the Spruce Creek Fly-In community is reportedly owned and manufactured by Independent Technologies, which lists Daryl Ingalsbe as the owner and CEO. Photo by Briana Sanchez / Forum News Service
    2 dead after MN plane crashes in Florida
    WILLMAR, Minn. – A plane reportedly owned by a Spicer businessman crashed in a residential neighborhood in Florida Tuesday night, Dec. 27,...
    newsDecember 28, 2016 - 7:48pm
    May 11, 2016
    Dozens of private planes flew into the Breezy Point Airport on Saturday, May 7, to take part in its annual Aviation Days celebration. Photo by Dan Determan
    Breezy Point celebrates Aviation Days
    Residents and visitors attended the Breezy Point Airport's annual Aviation Days celebration on Saturday, May 7. Dozens of airplanes and a North...
    newsMay 11, 2016 - 11:57am
    May 5, 2016
    Aviation Days set for May 7
    After the success of the Breezy Point Airport's first fly-in last spring, the event has expanded to become Aviation Days and will take place on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature dozens of planes on display, a classic car show with more than 60 vehicles...
    sportsMay 5, 2016 - 9:35am
    September 4, 2015
    Breezy Point Airport manager Cliff Muller has re-purposed the upper level of his hangar into a living space that took him two years to build. Photo by Dan Determan
    Airport manager keeps eye on sky
    The Breezy Point Airport has been at the city's center since the early 1920s, but for the last 14 years it has thrived, thanks in part to airport...
    community/peopleSeptember 4, 2015 - 4:19pm
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