Bert Mooney Airport

Bert Mooney Airport (IATA: BTM, ICAO: KBTM, FAA LID: BTM) is a public airport three miles southeast of Butte, in Silver Bow County, Montana. It is owned by the Bert Mooney Airport Authority.[1]

Bert Mooney Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBert Mooney Airport Authority
ServesButte, Montana
Elevation AMSL5,550 ft / 1,692 m
Coordinates45°57′17″N 112°29′51″W
WebsiteButteAirport.com
Maps

FAA Airport Diagram as of January 2021
BTM
Location of airport in Montana / United States
BTM
BTM (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 9,001 2,744 Asphalt
12/30 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations24,006
Based aircraft36

The airport name was changed in 1972 to honor Bert Mooney, an aviator from Butte who was the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935. Prior to this the airport was Butte Municipal Airport (from its opening in 1926) and Silver Bow County Airport from 1960-1972.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[2] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 30,431 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 25,178 in 2009 and 25,433 in 2010.[4]

Facilities

Bert Mooney Airport covers 890 acres (360 ha) at an elevation of 5,550 feet (1,692 m). It has two asphalt runways: 15/33 is 9,001 by 150 feet (2,744 x 46 m) and 11/29 is 5,100 by 75 feet.[1]

In 2011 the airport had 23,934 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 86% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 3% commercial service and 3% military. 36 aircraft were then based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 25% multi-engine, and 8% helicopter.[1]

Airline and destination

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Delta Connection Salt Lake City
Top domestic destinations: (August 2019 - July 2020)[5]
Rank Airport Passengers Airline
1 Salt Lake City International (SLC) 18,270 Delta Connection

Accidents

On November 7, 1950 a Northwest Orient Airlines plane carrying 21 people crashed into the East Ridge of Butte during a blizzard, all on board were killed.[6]

On March 22, 2009 a Pilatus PC-12 flying in from Oroville, California crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery 500 feet from the airport, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BTM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "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 2012-09-27.
  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.
  5. "Butte, MT: Bert Mooney (BTM)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  6. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 115 at Aviation Safety Network
  7. Plane crash kills 3 families with young children on way to vacation
  8. "At Least 14 Dead in Montana Crash", The New York Times, 2009-03-22. Accessed 2009-03-23.
  9. "Crashed US plane 'not certified to carry so many passengers'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Agence France Press.
  10. "'Children die' in US plane crash". BBC. 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-03-22.


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