Hutchinson County Airport

Hutchinson County Airport (IATA: BGD, ICAO: KBGD, FAA LID: BGD) is a county-owned airport[1] two miles north of Borger, Texas. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.[2]

Hutchinson County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHutchinson County
ServesHutchinson County, Texas
LocationBorger, Texas
Elevation AMSL3,055 ft / 931 m
Coordinates35°42′03″N 101°23′37″W
WebsiteHutchinsonCountyAirport.com
Map
BGD
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,300 1,920 Asphalt
3/21 3,898 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations5,610
Based aircraft24

Facilities

The airport covers 370 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 3,055 feet (931 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,300 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,898 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).[1]

In the year ending June 27, 2009 the airport had 5,610 aircraft operations, average 108 per day: 62% local general aviation, 37% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 24 aircraft were then based at the airport: 83% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 13% ultralight.[1]

Hutchinson County Airport has four certified instrument approach procedures: two RNAV (GPS), one VOR/DME, and one VOR approach.[3]

Past airlines

The 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 has no airlines now.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BGD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective June 30, 2011.
  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 September 27, 2012.
  3. "Hutchinson County Airport". AirNav. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  4. http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1953 Central timetable
  5. http://www.timetableimages.com, Feb. 1, 1966 Central timetable
  6. http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 29, 1967 Frontier timetable
  7. http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 25, 1970 Frontier Airlines route map
  8. http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 6, 1979 Air Central route map
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