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Bridgeport Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 33°10′31″N 097°49′42″W / 33.17528°N 97.82833°W / 33.17528; -97.82833
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For the airport in Bridgeport, Connecticut, see Sikorsky Memorial Airport.
Bridgeport Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Bridgeport
LocationBridgeport, Texas
Elevation AMSL852 ft / 260 m
Coordinates33°10′31″N 097°49′42″W / 33.17528°N 97.82833°W / 33.17528; -97.82833
Map
XBP is located in Texas
XBP
XBP
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 4,004 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations12,300
Based aircraft49

Bridgeport Municipal Airport (ICAO: KXBP, FAA LID: XBP) is a public airport four miles southwest of 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]

References

Notes
  1. ^ The circumstances of the man's prior flight time is not made clear in the NTSB accident report, but it is likely that he had taken the controls while a certificated pilot or a flight instructor was in the airplane acting as pilot-in-command.
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for XBP PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ "Texas Airport Directory - Bridgeport, Bridgeport Muni (XBP)" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KXBP - Bridgeport, Texas (Bridgeport Municipal Airport)
  4. ^ Teeter, Bill (17 July 2001). "2 men hurt in crash of stolen plane". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  5. ^ "NTSB Aviation Accident Final Report FTW01LA165". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 9 May 2018.


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