Burnet Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBMQ, FAA LID: BMQ), also known as Kate Craddock Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Burnet, a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States.[1]

Burnet Municipal Airport Kate Craddock Field
IATA: none ICAO: KBMQ FAA LID: BMQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Burnet
Serves	Burnet, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,284 ft / 391 m
Coordinates	30°44′20″N 098°14′19″W
Website	www.cityofburnet.com/...
Map
BMQ
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 31,200 Based aircraft 43
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned BMQ to Bamburi, Kenya[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Burnet Municipal Airport covers an area of 143 acres (58 ha) at an elevation of 1,284 feet (391 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 1/19 which measures 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

The lighted runway, with a full length taxiway, has two instrument approaches and can accommodate aircraft with up to 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) per wheel. Faulkner's Air Shop is the fixed-base operator (FBO). Avgas and jet fuel are available.[4]

For the 12-month period ending September 5, 2007, the airport had 31,200 aircraft operations, an average of 85 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time, there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]

Accidents and incidents

• On July 21, 2018, a Douglas C-47B N47HL of the Commemorative Air Force crashed on take-off and was destroyed by fire. All thirteen people on board survived.[5]

References

External links

• Bluebonnet Air Show at Burnet Municipal Airport
• Commemorative Air Force, Highland Lakes Squadron at Burnet Municipal Airport
• Aerial photo as of 27 January 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BMQ, effective November 3, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BMQ
  • AirNav airport information for KBMQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures