Hutchinson County Airport (IATA: BGD, ICAO: KBGD, FAA LID: BGD) is a county-owned, public-use airport[1] two miles north of Borger, Texas. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Hutchinson County Airport
IATA: BGD ICAO: KBGD FAA LID: BGD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Hutchinson County
Serves	Hutchinson County, Texas
Location	Borger, Texas
Elevation AMSL	3,055 ft / 931 m
Coordinates	35°42′03″N 101°23′37″W
Website	HutchinsonCountyAirport.com
Map
BGD
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 6,300 1,920 Asphalt 3/21 3,898 1,188 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 5,610 Based aircraft 24
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities

The airport covers 370 acres (150 ha) at an elevation of 3,055 feet (931 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,300 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,898 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).[1]

In the 12-month period ending June 27, 2009 the airport had 5,610 aircraft operations, average 108 per day: 62% local general aviation, 37% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 24 aircraft were then based at the airport: 83% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 13% ultralight.[1]

Hutchinson County Airport has four certified instrument approach procedures: two RNAV (GPS), one VOR/DME, and one VOR approach.[3]

Past airlines

The airport had scheduled passenger flights on Central Airlines and successor Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) and later on commuter airline Air Central.

Central Airlines began serving Borger in the early 1950s with Douglas DC-3s to Dallas Love Field, Fort Worth (via Amon Carter Field or Meacham Field), Oklahoma City and Tulsa.[4] In 1966 Central DC-3s flew Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO-Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Parsons, KS-Kansas City.[5] Central merged into Frontier which in 1967 flew Convair 600s Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Kansas City.[6] By 1970 Frontier had left Borger.[7] In 1979 commuter airline Air Central flew Piper Navajos to Oklahoma City.[8]

The airport currently has no airlines.

References

External links

• Hutchinson County Airport
• "Hutchinson County (BGD)" (PDF). from Texas DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of March 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BGD, effective July 14, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BGD
  • AirNav airport information for KBGD
  • ASN accident history for BGD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures