- Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
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Coordinates: 41°31′03″N 081°41′00″W / 41.5175°N 81.6833333°W
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport 
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport control tower and terminal as seen from the tarmac. IATA: BKL – ICAO: KBKL – FAA LID: BKL Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Cleveland Serves Cleveland, Ohio Elevation AMSL 583 ft / 178 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 6,198 1,889 Asphalt 6R/24L 5,197 1,584 Asphalt Statistics (2004) Aircraft operations 84,101 Based aircraft 72 Sources: FAA[1] & airport website[2] Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (IATA: BKL, ICAO: KBKL, FAA LID: BKL) is a public airport situated on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.[1] It classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), which is Greater Cleveland's primary airport. In 2008, based on FAA data, Burke Lakefront was the fourth busiest airport in the state of Ohio (after, in order, Cleveland Hopkins, Port Columbus International and Akron-Canton, up from 7th in 2007. It is named after former Cleveland mayor and U.S. senator Thomas A. Burke.
The airport is owned and operated by the city of Cleveland, which also operates Hopkins. It serves a growing number of corporate jets and air taxi services. Burke handled 20,618 air taxi operations in 2005, and 23,370 in 2006. BKL handled 18,595 air taxi operations in the first ten months of 2007. Burke Lakefront handles approximately 87,000 operations per year (average of 2000 to 2006). (60,013 for the first ten months of 2007).
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Recent commercial air service
Since late 2006, there has been no commercial air service at the airport. The airline Destination One, briefly provided scheduled charter service between BKL and airports near the downtowns of Detroit and Cincinnati, as well as to Hilton Head, SC. However, this service was short-lived. Wright Airlines was based at BKL in the 1970s and 1980s, before declaring bankruptcy. In 1979, Midway Airlines operated service from BKL to MDW in Chicago, before moving their operations to Hopkins.
Events
The airport was the site of the annual Grand Prix of Cleveland, last held in 2007, a Champ Car race which required the airport to be briefly shut down. Burke Lakefront Airport was the only airport in the country to host such a major car race which required careful maintenance of the runways in order to keep them safe for cars at high speeds. The airport is also the site of the annual Cleveland National Air Show, usually held over the Labor Day weekend.
Accidents
- In early 2008, a small twin-engined aircraft crashed into Lake Erie shortly after takeoff. The 68-year-old pilot was rumored to have had a heart attack as he made a turn to Niagara Falls.[3]
- In September 2009, a TS-11 Iskra practicing for the air show made a gear up landing. The pilot was unharmed and the aircraft received only light damage to the cowling and left wing. It remains on the airport grounds to this day. [4]
Facilities and aircraft
Facilities
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport covers an area of 450 acres (180 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6L/24R measuring 6,198 x 150 ft (1,889 x 46 m) and 6R/24L measuring 5,197 x 100 ft (1,584 x 30 m).[1] The airfield is fully capable of handling 737's, 757's, A320's, and smaller aircraft for normal operations.
The airport has two fixed-base operators on the grounds.
In 2004, the airport had 84,101 aircraft operations, an average of 230 per day: 76% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 1% military and <1% scheduled commercial.
Aircraft
There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 53% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 18% helicopter and 11% jet.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BKL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (official site)
- ^ "COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO PLANE CRASH NEAR BURKE LAKEFRONT". United States Coast Guard. 2008-01-16. http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/443/188662/. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=121084
External links
- Official website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KBKL
- ASN accident history for BKL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KBKL
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