Burnet Municipal Airport , also known as Kate Craddock Field, is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Burnet

Burnet, Texas

Burnet is a city in and the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,735 at the 2000 census.Both the city and the county were named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas. He also served as Vice President during the...

, a city in Burnet County

Burnet County, Texas

Burnet County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 34,147. The 2008 Census Bureau Estimate was 44,488. Its county seat is Burnet. Burnet is named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas...

, Texas

Texas

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, United States

United States

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.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, this airport is assigned BMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned BMQ to Bamburi

Bamburi

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, Kenya

Kenya

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).

Facilities and aircraft

Burnet Municipal Airport covers an area of 143 acres (57.9 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,284 feet (391 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 1/19 which measures 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).

The lighted runway, with a full length taxiway

Taxiway

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, has two instrument approach

Instrument approach

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es and can accommodate aircraft with up to 30000 pounds (13,607.8 kg) per wheel. Faulkner's Air Shop is the fixed base operator

Fixed base operator

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 (FBO). Avgas

Avgas

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 and jet fuel

Jet fuel

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 are available.

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

General aviation

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 and 2% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 7% multi-engine.

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