Bert Mooney Airport

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Bert Mooney Airport
IATA: BTM – ICAO: KBTM – FAA: BTM
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, -112.4975
Website		www.ButteAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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 is named after Bert Mooney, an aviator from Butte who was the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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]