| Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | |||
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| 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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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.
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.
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.
There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 53% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 18% helicopter and 11% jet.[1]