Bert Mooney Airport
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Bert Mooney Airport
| Bert Mooney Airport | |||
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IATA: BTM – ICAO: KBTM – FAA LID: BTM
 BTM
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| Summary | |||
| 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 112.4975°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 9,000 | 2,744 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 5,100 | 1,554 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 34,682 | ||
| Based aircraft | 38 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
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.
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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
Main article: 2009 Montana Pilatus PC-12 crash
On March 22, 2009, a Pilatus PC-12 flying in from Oroville, California crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery 500 feet from the airport, killing all 14 people on board.[2][3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines | Salt Lake City |
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BTM (Form 5010 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
External links
- Bert Mooney Airport (official site)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KBTM
- ASN accident history for BTM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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