Hernando County Airport

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Coordinates: 28°28′25″N 082°27′20″W / 28.47361°N 82.45556°W / 28.47361; -82.45556

Hernando County Airport


31 December 1998
IATA: none – ICAO: KBKV – FAA: BKV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Hernando County
Location Brooksville, Florida
Elevation AMSL 76 ft / 23 m
Website www.co.hernando.fl.us/Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,015 1,529 Concrete
9/27 7,002 2,134 Concrete
Statistics (2001)
Aircraft operations 49,000
Based aircraft 108
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hernando County Airport (ICAO: KBKV, FAA LID: BKV) is a joint civil-military public airport located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Brooksville, a city in Hernando County, Florida, United States. It is owned by Hernando County[1] and is 45 miles (72 km) north of Tampa. While having consistent growth in its traffic rate, the Hernando County Airport does not yet serve the public through commercial airlines but does have charter and executive service.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Hernando County Airport is assigned BKV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hernando County Airport covers an area of 2,498 acres (1,011 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 9/27 measuring 7,002 x 150 ft (2,134 x 46 m) and 3/21 measuring 5,015 x 150 ft (1,529 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 7, 2001, the airport had 49,000 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military and 1% air taxi. There are 108 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single engine, 7% multi-engine, 5% helicopters, 3% ultralights and 2% jet aircraft.[1]

[edit] History

Hernando County Airport was opened in November 1942 as a United States Army Air Forces World War II military airfield. Known as Brooksville Army Air Field, it was used initially as a training base by the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (AAFSAT) and the 9th Bombardment Group, headquartered at Orlando Army Air Base.

AAFSAT used Brooksville as a heavy and medium bomber training base, assigning the following squadrons to the airfield:

In March 1944, Brooksville was reassigned to Third Air Force and it became an auxiliary airfield of MacDill Field (now MacDill AFB) and Drew Field (now Tampa International Airport).

In late 1945, the field was reported to the War Assets Administration (WAA) as being in surplus and between April 1946 and June 1947, the WAA sold or moved the on-site equipment to military locations where it could be better utilized. The land and left-over facilities were sold to the city of Brooksville by a General Services Administration (GSA) quitclaim deeds which contained clauses that limited the property to be used for a public airport only. Some of these clauses have since been modified by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Within a few years, the city of Brooksville transferred the property to Hernando County, which remains the current owner. Two small sections of the land have been sold to private interests and the rest is currently used by the county for an airport, 155-acre (0.63 km2) industrial park, prison, land rentals, and tree farming.[3]

[edit] Army National Guard

Since 2000, the Hernando County Airport has been a joint civil-military airfield, home to the Florida Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #2, the Florida Army National Guard's 171st Aviation Battalion (171 AVN BN), which reloacted from their previous facility at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, occupying newly constructed facilities adjacent to an existing Florida Army National Guard Armory housing the 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces. The 171 AVN BN flies the UH-60 Blackhawk and the C-23 Sherpa.[3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BKV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KBKV - Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County Airport)
  3. ^ a b "Hernando County Airport and Aviation Authority". http://www.co.hernando.fl.us/Airport/index.htm. 

[edit] External links

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