Beverly Municipal Airport

Beverly Municipal Airport
IATA: BVY – ICAO: KBVY – FAA LID: BVY
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Beverly
Serves Beverly, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL 107 ft / 33 m
Coordinates 42°35′03″N 070°54′58″W / 42.58417°N 70.91611°W / 42.58417; -70.91611Coordinates: 42°35′03″N 070°54′58″W / 42.58417°N 70.91611°W / 42.58417; -70.91611
Website BeverlyAirport.com
Map
BVY

Location of airport in Massachusetts

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,755 1,449 Asphalt
16/34 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 66,900
Based aircraft 103

Beverly Municipal Airport (IATA: BVY, ICAO: KBVY, FAA LID: BVY) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Beverly, a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.[1]

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport,[2] which means it is available to relieve Logan International Airport of small general aviation type aircraft during Logan's peak traffic times.

History

Beverly Municipal Airport was built in 1928 through the efforts of the Beverly Aero Club and the Beverly Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Navy operated the airport during World War II under a joint-use agreement as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Beverly. Ownership of the airport was transferred back to the City of Beverly in 1950.

Facilities and aircraft

Originally the Beverly Airport Cafe, renamed Something Different cafe located at the Beverly Airport.

Beverly Municipal Airport covers an area of 470 acres (190 ha) at an elevation of 107 feet (33 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 9/27 is 4,755 by 100 feet (1,449 x 30 m) and 16/34 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2011, the airport had 66,900 aircraft operations, an average of 183 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time 103 aircraft were based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, and 2% jet.[1]

MiG-15UTI on informal display.
Display Sign for the MiG-15UTI on display.

Civil Air Patrol Squadron MA-019, Beverly Composite Squadron, is headquartered at Beverly Municipal Airport in the old airport control tower.

Something Different Cafe is located on the east side of the airport. It is open Tuesday-Sunday 7:00-2:00 and features breakfast and lunch menus.

Notable events

On July 16, 1936, bandleader Orville Knapp, brother of actress Evalyn Knapp, died in a plane crash here after he misjudged a landing maneuver and stalled in mid-air.[3]

SCCA auto races were held at Beverly Airport in 1955 and 1956. The inaugural races were held on July 4, 1955.[4] Phil Hill was the 1955 overall champion.[5] The 1956 champion was Carroll Shelby.[6]

On May 9, 1989 Alfred James Hunter III, a postal worker who had shot and killed his ex-wife earlier that evening, stole an airplane (a Cessna 152 Trainer) at gunpoint from flight instructor. During the flight, which stretched from Danvers to Duxbury, Hunter fired his gun at the ground below, buzzed the South Postal Annex in Boston several times, and briefly touched down at Logan Airport before taking off again. He landed at Logan more than three hours later and was arrested after a minor struggle with police.[7][8]

A scene in the 2000 film The Perfect Storm, was shot at Beverly Airport.[9]

In May 2008, a scene for the movie The Proposal was filmed at Beverly Airport.[9]

On August 27, 2010, Michael Costales, age 30, a flight instructor at Beverly Municipal Airport, was struck and killed by an aircraft moving propeller. Costales had taxied his aircraft out to the run-up area of the active runway, 34 at Beverly Municipal Airport. At about 12:30 PM, Costales got out of his Piper PA 28 Cherokee aircraft to assist another flight instructor and his student with fastening the canopy of their PiperSport aircraft. As Costales got out of his aircraft and walked toward the other aircraft, he was struck by his aircraft’s propeller. The student pilot in the PiperSport aircraft declared an emergency with the Control Tower who called 911 but Costales was killed instantly. The airport was then shut down for a couple of hours as investigators tried to figure out what caused this event.[10]

Bell UH-1 Iroquois on display as a memorial to the Vietnam War.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for BVY (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ Solid! - Orville Knapp Biography
  4. ↑ hmod cars scca race results
  5. ↑ Phil Hill - Racing Record 1955
  6. ↑ "SHELBY WINS AUTO RACE; Takes 91-Mile Trophy Test at Beverly, Mass., in Ferrari". The New York Times. July 8, 1956.
  7. ↑ "Man kills wife, steals plane". The Prescott Courier. Associated Press. May 10, 1989. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Pilot Buzzes Boston Airport, Shooting Up the City". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 11, 1989. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  9. 1 2 Gates, Bobby (May 14, 2008). "Beverly goes Beverly Hills". The Beverly Citizen (WickedLocal.com). Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.
  10. ↑ Finch, L. (August 27, 2010). "Weymouth man killed by propeller at Beverly airport". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010.

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