Jack Brooks Regional Airport (formerly Southeast Texas Regional Airport) (IATA: BPT, ICAO: KBPT, FAA LID: BPT), is a public airport located near Port Arthur, Texas, United States, nine miles (14 km) southeast of the central business district of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur. It was also formerly known as the Jefferson County Airport, but its name was changed; first in an attempt to promote its use, and again to honor former U.S. Representative Jack Brooks (D - Beaumont). The airport, southwest of the city of Nederland in unincorporated Jefferson County, is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Jack Brooks Regional Airport has the distinction of being the only destination that Southwest Airlines has ended scheduled daily service to (1980), and has never returned.
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Jack Brooks Regional Airport covers an area of 1,799 acres (728 ha) which contains two paved runways: 12/30 measuring 6,750 x 150 ft (2,057 x 46 m) and 16/34 measuring 5,070 x 150 ft (1,545 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 59,010 aircraft operations, an average of 161 per day: 82% general aviation, 11% air taxi, 7% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 87 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 10% jet aircraft and 8% helicopters.[1]
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[edit] Hurricane Rita
On September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita hit the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. Then-named, Southeast Texas Regional Airport terminal had to be shut down, so the airport authority had to use the old one temporarily. The renovated terminal reopened in May 2008 after several delays. However, due to the reduction in airline service the airport has experienced since 2000, only a portion of the terminal was reopened. Much of the terminal building was walled off and renovations to that portion were left unfinished. The terminal facilities can be expanded back into that space in the future should the demand exist for reopening the closed gate areas.
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