Boca Raton Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Florida | ||||||||||
Operator | Boca Raton Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Greater Miami | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°22′43″N 080°06′28″W / 26.37861°N 80.10778°W | ||||||||||
Website | bocaairport.com | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in Florida / United States | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 91,004 |
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Based aircraft | 205 |
Boca Raton Airport (IATA: BCT, ICAO: KBCT, FAA LID: BCT) is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Boca Raton, a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The airport is immediately adjacent to Florida Atlantic University and to Interstate 95.
The Boca Raton Airport is publicly owned and is designated as a general aviation transport facility governed by a seven-member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County Commission.
Boca Raton Airport covers an area of 212 acres (86 ha) and has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 which measures 6,276 x 150 ft (1,913 x 46 m). The airport has a control tower which is manned from 7:00am to 11:00pm. There are two full-service fixed-base operators, Signature Flight Support and Atlantic Aviation. The Burton D. Morgan School of Aeronautic of Lynn University is located at the airport.
For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2002, the airport had 91,004 aircraft operations, an average of 249 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 205 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 16% jet and 1% helicopter.