Hutchinson County Airport (IATA: BGD, ICAO: KBGD, FAA LID: BGD) is a county-owned, public-use airport[1] two miles north of Borger, Texas. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Hutchinson County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Hutchinson County, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Borger, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,055 ft / 931 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°42′03″N 101°23′37″W / 35.70083°N 101.39361°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | HutchinsonCountyAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Facilities
editThe airport covers 370 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 3,055 feet (931 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,299 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,897 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).[1]
In the 12-month period ending September 15, 2021, the airport had 6,010 aircraft operations, average 115 per week: 67% local general aviation, 33% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 16 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.[1]
Hutchinson County Airport has two certified RNAV (GPS) instrument approach procedures.[3]
Past airlines
editThe airport had scheduled passenger flights on Central Airlines and successor Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) and later on commuter airline Air Central.
Central Airlines began serving Borger in the early 1950s with Douglas DC-3s to Dallas Love Field, Fort Worth (via Amon Carter Field or Meacham Field), Oklahoma City and Tulsa.[4] In 1966 Central DC-3s flew Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO-Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Parsons, KS-Kansas City.[5] Central merged into Frontier which in 1967 flew Convair 600s Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Kansas City.[6] By 1970 Frontier had left Borger.[7] In 1979 commuter airline Air Central flew Piper Navajos to Oklahoma City.[8]
The airport currently has no airline service.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BGD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2023.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
- ^ "Hutchinson County Airport". AirNav. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1953 Central timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Feb. 1, 1966 Central timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 29, 1967 Frontier timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 25, 1970 Frontier Airlines route map
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 6, 1979 Air Central route map
External links
edit- Hutchinson County Airport
- "Hutchinson County (BGD)" (PDF). from Texas DOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BGD, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BGD
- AirNav airport information for KBGD
- ASN accident history for BGD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures