Bridgeport Municipal Airport

Bridgeport Municipal Airport
Bridgeport Municipal Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KXBP; FAA LID: XBP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Bridgeport
Location	Bridgeport, Texas
Elevation AMSL	852 ft / 260 m
Coordinates	33°10′31″N 097°49′42″W / 33.17528°N 97.82833°WCoordinates: 33°10′31″N 097°49′42″W / 33.17528°N 97.82833°W
Map
	XBP
Runways
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	12,300
Based aircraft	49
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Bridgeport Municipal Airport (ICAO: KXBP, FAA LID: XBP) is a public airport near Bridgeport, in Wise County, Texas. It is owned by the City of Bridgeport^[1] and is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) southwest of the central business district.^[2]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Bridgeport Municipal Airport is XBP (formerly 1F9) to the FAA and has no IATA code.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Bridgeport Municipal Airport covers 117 acres (47 ha) and has one asphalt runway, 18/36, 4,004 x 60 ft (1,220 x 18 m).^[1]

In the year ending June 23, 2005 the airport had 12,300 aircraft operations, all general aviation. 49 aircraft are based at the airport: 70% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 12% ultralight and 4% helicopters.^[1]

Accidents and incidents[]

16 July 2001: In a rare case of airplane theft, two men stole a Piper PA-28-180 from Parker County Airport near Weatherford, Texas, but crashed while attempting to land at Bridgeport Municipal Airport a short time later. Hudson Oaks police speculated that the men intended to refuel the aircraft in Bridgeport before flying it to Oklahoma.^[4] Neither of the thieves had ever held a pilot certificate, but the man who acted as pilot reportedly had 6 hours of prior flight time.^{[N 1]} The aircraft impacted the runway in a nose-down attitude and slid for a considerable distance; both men suffered serious injuries. No verifiable problems were found in the engine, airframe, or flight controls. The accident was attributed to "the non-certificated pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing."^[5]

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Notes

^ The circumstances of the man's prior flight time are not made clear in the NTSB accident report, but it is likely that he had taken the controls while a certificated pilot was acting as pilot-in-command.