Bert Mooney Airport
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Bert Mooney Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Butte, Montana | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,550 ft / 1,692 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°57′17″N 112°29′51″W / 45.95472°N 112.49750°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.ButteAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Bert Mooney Airport (IATA: BTM, ICAO: KBTM, FAA LID: BTM), is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Butte, a city in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the Bert Mooney Airport Authority.[1]
The airport name was changed in 1972 to honor Bert Mooney, an aviator from Butte who was the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935. Prior to this the airport was named Butte Municipal Airport (from its opening in 1926) and Silver Bow County Airport from 1960-1972.
Facilities and aircraft
Bert Mooney Airport covers an area of 890 acres (360 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 measuring 9,000 x 150 ft (2,744 x 46 m) and 11/29 measuring 5,100 x 75 ft (1,554 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 34,682 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 74% general aviation, 16% air taxi, 9% scheduled commercial and 1% military. There are 38 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 24% multi-engine and 13% helicopter.[1]
Incidents
On March 22, 2009 at about 3:17 PM, a Pilatus PC-12 flying in from Oroville, California crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery 500 feet from the airport, killing 14 people. [2] [3]
Airlines and destinations
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines (Salt Lake City)
Former Airline Service
- Western Airlines 1926-1988 (merged with Delta)
- Delta Airlines 1988-1994
- Northwest Airlines 1933-1983
- Horizon Airlines 1991-2008
- Big Sky Airlines
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BTM PDF, effective 2007-10-25
- ^ AP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/ap_on_re_us/plane_crash_montana_17
- ^ Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090323/ts_nm/us_usa_crash_montana_3
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Mooney_Airport&action=edit§ion=2
External links
- Bert Mooney Airport (official site)
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BTM
- AirNav airport information for KBTM
- ASN accident history for BTM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Template:WikiMapia
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