Billings Logan International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Billings | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Billing Department of Aviation & Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Billings, Montana | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 3,652 ft / 1,113 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°48′28″N 108°32′34″W / 45.80778°N 108.54278°WCoordinates: 45°48′28″N 108°32′34″W / 45.80778°N 108.54278°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | FlyBillings.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Montana / United States | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: FAA and Montana DOT
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Aircraft operations (2014) | 81,371 |
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Based aircraft (2014) | 167 |
Passengers (2011) | 899,302 |
Billings Logan International Airport (IATA: BIL, ICAO: KBIL, FAA LID: BIL) is two miles northwest of downtown Billings, in Yellowstone County, Montana. It is the second largest airport in Montana, having been surpassed by Bozeman in both number of gates as well as annual enplanements in recent years, and is owned by the city of Billings. The airport is on top of the Rims, a 500-foot (150 m) cliff overlooking the downtown core.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 387,368 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2013, 388,329 in 2010 and 397,073 in 2009.
Billings Logan International Airport has scheduled non-stop flights to several airline hubs. Billings is a hub for Cape Air which has non-stop flights to Montana cities Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney and Wolf Point.
The first recorded flight in Billings was in 1912 by a local dentist named Dr. Frank Bell. The flight was in his home-made Curtiss 0-X-5.