Bay City Municipal Airport

Bay City Municipal Airport (IATA: BBC, ICAO: KBYY, FAA LID: BYY) is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district of Bay City, in Matagorda County, Texas, United States.[1]

Bay City Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Bay City
ServesBay City, Texas
Elevation AMSL45 ft / 14 m
Coordinates28°58′24″N 095°51′48″W
Map
BYY
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,107 1,557 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations8,750
Based aircraft33

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BYY by the FAA and BBC by the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Bay City Municipal Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) at an elevation of 45 feet (14 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with a 5,107 by 75 ft (1,557 x 23 m) asphalt surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 27, 2008, the airport had 8,750 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 6% helicopter and 21% ultralight.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for BYY (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-09-25.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: BBC / KBYY - Bay City, Texas (Bay City Municipal Airport)


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