Hutchinson County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport
two miles north of
Borger, Texas. The FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2011–2015
categorized
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it as a ''
general aviation'' facility.
Facilities
The airport covers at an
elevation of 3,055 feet (931 m). It has two
asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,299 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,897 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).
In the 12-month period ending September 15, 2021, the airport had 6,010 aircraft operations, average 115 per week: 67% local general aviation, 33% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 16 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.
Hutchinson County Airport has two certified
RNAV (
GPS
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)
instrument approach procedures.
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-3
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner
manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...
s to
Dallas Love Field
Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public airport northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas., effective April 10, 2008 It was Dallas' main airport until 1974 when Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) opened. Love Field covers an area of a ...
, Fort Worth (via
Amon Carter Field
Greater Southwest International Airport , originally Amon Carter Field, was the commercial airport serving Fort Worth, Texas, from 1953 until 1974. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport opened in 1974 a few miles north to replace Greater South ...
or
Meacham Field
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (Meacham Field) is a general aviation airport located near the intersection of Interstate 820 and Business U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is named after former Fort Worth Mayor ...
), Oklahoma City and Tulsa. In 1966 Central DC-3s flew Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO-Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Parsons, KS-Kansas City. Central merged into Frontier which in 1967 flew
Convair 600s Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Kansas City. By 1970 Frontier had left Borger. In 1979 commuter airline Air Central flew
Piper Navajos to Oklahoma City.
[http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 6, 1979 Air Central route map]
The airport currently has no airline service.
See also
*
List of airports in Texas
This list of airports in Texas (a U.S. state) is grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were p ...
References
External links
Hutchinson County Airport* from
Texas DOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of March 1996from
USGS ''
The National Map''
*
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Airports in Texas
Buildings and structures in Hutchinson County, Texas
Transportation in Hutchinson County, Texas