Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport

Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport

The Main building of Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport.
IATA: BWG – ICAO: KBWG – FAA LID: BWG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Bowling Green & Warren County
Location Bowling Green, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL 547 ft / 167 m
Coordinates 36°57′52″N 086°25′11″W / 36.96444°N 86.41972°W / 36.96444; -86.41972
Website www.bgwcairport.org
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
12/30 3,955 1,205 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 62,640
Based aircraft 74

Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport (IATA: BWG, ICAO: KBWG, FAA LID: BWG) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Bowling Green, a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the City of Bowling Green and Warren County.[1]

A now-defunct Falcon Air Express McDonnell Douglas MD-83 deboarding at Bowling Green Airport

History

The site was established in 1934 as a military airfield.[2] Shortly after the end of WW-II, the airport was served until 1946 with an intrastate airline, Bluegrass Airlines through the fall of 1946. Beginning August 1, 1948, Eastern Airlines added Bowling Green to its Chicago to Atlanta route. Aircraft used on this route were the Douglas DC-3, Martin 4-0-4 (known as the "Silver Streak"), and the Lockheed L-188 Electra. In 1969, Eastern contracted to Air South and Wright Airlines to service Bowling Green. The last flight on a Wright Airlines flight left Bowling Green around 4:30 pm, September 10, 1972, leaving the airport without commercial air service.

Charter flights for Western Kentucky University Men's and Women's athletic programs use the airport regularly. Charter flights for WKU football are usually on Sun Country 737-800 aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Passengers

AirlinesDestinations
Contour Airlines Atlanta[3]
Seasonal: Fort Walton Beach[3]

The airport has released statements at a news conference on August 4, 2016 that daily flights to Atlanta would start in August 29, 2016 to Atlanta and September 1, 2016 to Destin. The flights would be twice daily, with a flight on Saturdays and Sundays to Atlanta, and twice weekly to Destin. The company, Contour Airlines, will start offering the flights from Bowling Green to Atlanta, and also seasonal flights to Destin, Florida. The airline will fly BAe Jetstream 41 turboprop aircraft from the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport covers an area of 525 acres (212 ha) which contains two runways:[1]

For 12-month period ending November 30, 2005, the airport had 62,640 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military, 1% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 74 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 9% multi-engine (7) and 5% jet aircraft.[1]

Future developments

In December 2015, the city and the airport reviewed a proposal to expand the existing terminal at the airport at a cost of $1.8 million. The expanded facility would be approx. 9,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. and would be built based on passenger traffic.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for BWG (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
  2. ↑ Bowling Green - Warren County Regional Airport: About Us Archived July 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 http://wkyufm.org/post/contour-airlines-announces-date-inaugural-flight-out-bowling-green#stream/0

External links

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