Winchester Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBGF, FAA LID: BGF) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Winchester, a city in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States.[1]

Winchester Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KBGF FAA LID: BGF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Winchester
Serves	Winchester, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL	979 ft / 298 m
Coordinates	35°10′39″N 086°03′58″W
Website	winchester-airport.com
Map
KBGF Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 5,200 Based aircraft 33
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 BGF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned BGF to Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Winchester Municipal Airport covers an area of 134 acres (54 ha) at an elevation of 979 feet (298 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 18/36 which measures 5,002 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2008, the airport had 5,200 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 92% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 18% multi-engine and 7% jet.[1]

Accidents and incidents

• On February 7, 2021, a Cessna 441 Conquest II (2), registration N44776, crashed while approaching Winchester Municipal Airport, killing both people on board, the pilot and passenger. The cause is still under investigation.[4][5]

References

External links

• Winchester Municipal Airport
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BGF, effective June 16, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BGF
  • AirNav airport information for BGF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for BGF