Burlington Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBUU, FAA LID: BUU) is a public use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the central business district of Burlington, a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Burlington Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KBUU FAA LID: BUU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Burlington
Serves	Burlington, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL	780 ft / 238 m
Coordinates	42°41′31″N 088°18′14″W
Website	Burlington.gov/airport
Map
BUU Location of airport in Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin BUU BUU (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 4,300 1,311 Asphalt 1/19 2,410 735 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021) 54,900 Based aircraft (2022) 49
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BUU by the FAA but has no designation from IATA.

The airport does not have scheduled airline service. The closest airport with scheduled airline service is Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, about 27 miles (43 km) to the northeast.

Facilities and aircraft

Burlington Municipal Airport covers an area of 240 acres (97 ha) at an elevation of 780 feet (238 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 11/29 is 4,300 by 75 feet (1,311 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 1/19 is 2,410 by 130 feet (735 x 40 m) with a turf surface.[1][2]

The airport has approved GPS and VOR instrument approaches.

For the 12-month period ending May 5, 2021, the airport had 54,900 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military and 1% air taxi. In July 2022, there were 49 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 4 jet.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Wisconsin

References

External links

• Burlington Municipal at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BUU, effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BUU
  • AirNav airport information for BUU
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for BUU