Burnet Municipal Airport
Burnet Municipal Airport Kate Craddock Field | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | City of Burnet | ||||||||||
Serves | Burnet, Texas | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,284 ft / 391 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°44′20″N 098°14′19″W / 30.73889°N 98.23861°WCoordinates: 30°44′20″N 098°14′19″W / 30.73889°N 98.23861°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.cityofburnet.com/... | ||||||||||
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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]
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BMQ PDF, effective 2 July 2009.
- ^ KBMQ - Burnet, Texas. Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ BMQ - Bamburi Airport, Kenya. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ Burnet Municipal Airport, Kate Craddock Field Archived October 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. City of Burnet. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ "All 13 passengers survive plane crash at Burnet Municipal Airport". CBS Austin. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
External links[]
- Bluebonnet Air Show at Burnet Municipal Airport
- Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lakes Squadron at Burnet Municipal Airport
- Aerial photo as of 27 January 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BMQ, effective September 9, 2021
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BMQ
- AirNav airport information for KBMQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Airports in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Burnet County, Texas
- Transportation in Burnet County, Texas