Burnet Municipal Airport

Burnet Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBMQ, FAA LID: BMQ), also known as Kate Craddock Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Burnet, a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States.[1]

Burnet Municipal Airport

Kate Craddock Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Burnet
ServesBurnet, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,284 ft / 391 m
Coordinates30°44′20″N 098°14′19″W
Websitewww.cityofburnet.com/...
Map
BMQ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations31,200
Based aircraft43

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned BMQ to Bamburi, Kenya[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Burnet Municipal Airport covers an area of 143 acres (58 ha) at an elevation of 1,284 feet (391 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

The lighted runway, with a full length taxiway, has two instrument approaches and can accommodate aircraft with up to 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) per wheel. Faulkner's Air Shop is the fixed-base operator (FBO). Avgas and jet fuel are available.[4]

For the 12-month period ending September 5, 2007, the airport had 31,200 aircraft operations, an average of 85 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]

Accidents and incidents
  • On July 21, 2018, Douglas C-47B N47HL of the Commemorative Air Force crashed on take-off and was destroyed by fire. All thirteen people on board survived.[5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BMQ PDF, effective 2 July 2009.
  2. KBMQ - Burnet, Texas. Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  3. BMQ - Bamburi Airport, Kenya. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  4. Burnet Municipal Airport, Kate Craddock Field Archived October 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. City of Burnet. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  5. "All 13 passengers survive plane crash at Burnet Municipal Airport". CBS Austin. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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