Burley Municipal Airport

Burley Municipal Airport (IATA: BYI, ICAO: KBYI, FAA LID: BYI) is a municipal airport in Burley, Idaho.[1] The airport was rededicated as Burley J R Jack Simplot Airport in October 2002,[2] honoring J. R. "Jack" Simplot.

Burley Municipal Airport

Burley J R Jack Simplot Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Burley
ServesBurley, Idaho
Elevation AMSL4,150 ft / 1,265 m
Coordinates42°32′33″N 113°46′18″W / 42.54250°N 113.77167°W / 42.54250; -113.77167
WebsiteBurleyIdaho.org/airport.htm
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,094 1,248 Asphalt
6/24 4,067 1,240 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations27,750
Based aircraft56
Sources: FAA,[1] Burley website[2]

History

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The Burley Municipal Airport was dedicated on July 4th, 1930.[3] A stop on the Contract Air Mail Route 5 (CAM5) from Salt Lake City to Pasco, the airport began its life servicing Air Mail aircraft.[4][5]

The first airline flights were Empire Airlines Boeing 247s in 1946; successors West Coast Airlines and Air West landed at Burley until 1969.

Facilities

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The airport covers 201 acres (81 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 4,094 x 80 ft (1,248 x 24 m) and 6/24 is 4,067 x 75 ft (1,240 x 23 m).[1]

In the year ending February 10, 2005, the airport had 27,750 aircraft operations, average 76 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 56 aircraft are based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 4% jet and 2% ultralight.[1]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On April 13, 2022, a Cessna 208B Caravan registration N928JP on a cargo flight operated by Gem Air from Salt Lake City International Airport crashed into the agglomerate stack of Gem State Processing food processing plant while on approach to the airport. The high temperature steam exhaust, also from the plant, may have contributed to the crash by not only visually obscuring the runway from the pilot, but also lowering the air density causing the aircraft to lose altitude. The pilot and only occupant on board was fatally injured.[6]
 
A panoramic view of JR Simplot Airport, as seen from a public access road to its east.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BYI PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ a b Burley Airport Archived August 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine page at City of Burley website
  3. ^ Burley Municipal Airport. City of Burley. N.D. Accessed February 2, 2024.
  4. ^ United States (1931–38). Airway bulletin. no. 1-2. Washington: U. S. Govt. print. off.
  5. ^ "Contract Air Mail Route 5". www.dreamsmithphotos.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  6. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N928JP Burley Municipal Airport, ID (BYI)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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