Burnet Municipal Airport

Burnet Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBMQ, FAA LID: BMQ), also known as Kate Craddock Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Burnet, a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States.^[1]

Burnet Municipal Airport Kate Craddock Field
IATA: none ICAO: KBMQ FAA LID: BMQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Burnet
Serves	Burnet, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,283 ft / 391 m
Coordinates	30°44′20″N 098°14′19″W
Website	www.cityofburnet.com/...
Map
BMQ
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/8/2023) 21,000 Based aircraft 48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[2] (which assigned BMQ to Bamburi, Kenya^[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Burnet Municipal Airport covers an area of 143 acres (58 ha) at an elevation of 1,283 feet (391 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

The lighted runway, with a full length taxiway, has two instrument approaches and can accommodate aircraft with up to 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) per wheel. Faulkner's Air Shop is the fixed-base operator (FBO). Avgas and jet fuel are available.^[4]

For the 12-month period ending June 8, 2023, the airport had 21,000 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time, there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 42 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 2 helicopter.^[1]

Accidents and incidents

• On July 21, 2018, a Douglas C-47B N47HL of the Commemorative Air Force crashed on take-off and was destroyed by fire. All thirteen people on board survived.^[5]

See also

• List of airports in Texas