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]
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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 | ||||||||||||||
Website | HutchinsonCountyAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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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
- FAA Airport Master Record for BGD (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective June 30, 2011.
- "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 December 9, 2010.
- 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
- 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 August 13, 2020
- 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