Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport

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Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport
IATA: BWG – ICAO: KBWG – FAA: BWG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Bowling Green & Warren County
Location		Bowling Green, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL		547 ft / 167 m
Coordinates		36°57′52″N 086°25′11″W / 36.96444, -86.41972
Website		www.bgwcairport.org
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	6,500	1,981	Asphalt
12/30	3,955	1,205	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			62,640
Based aircraft			74
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport (IATA: BWG, ICAO: KBWG, FAA LID: BWG) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Bowling Green, a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the City of Bowling Green and Warren County.^[1] The site was established in 1934 as a military airfield.^[2] It is not currently served by scheduled airline service, though service was once available on US Airways Express dba Air Kentucky.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport covers an area of 525 acres (212 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 3/21: 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 12/30: 3,955 x 150 ft. (1,205 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending November 30, 2005, the airport had 62,640 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military, 1% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 74 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 9% multi-engine (7) and 5% jet aircraft.^[1]