Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport control tower
IATA: BKL ICAO: KBKL FAA LID: BKL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Cleveland
Operator	Department of Port Control
Serves	Cleveland
Location	Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Elevation AMSL	583 ft / 178 m
Website	http://www.burkeairport.com/
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 6,198 1,889 Asphalt 6R/24L 5,197 1,584 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 64,358 Based aircraft 31
Sources: FAA & airport website

Coordinates: 41°31′03″N 81°41′00″W / 41.51750°N 81.68333°W / 41.51750; -81.68333

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (IATA: BKL, ICAO: KBKL, FAA LID: BKL) is a public airport on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), which is Greater Cleveland's primary airport. In 2008, based on FAA data, Burke Lakefront was the fourth busiest airport in the state of Ohio after, Cleveland Hopkins, Port Columbus International and Akron-Canton, up from 7th in 2007. It is named after former Cleveland mayor and U.S. senator Thomas A. Burke.

The airport is owned and operated by the city of Cleveland, which also operates Hopkins. It serves a growing number of corporate jets and air taxi services. Burke handled 20,618 air taxi operations in 2005, and 23,370 in 2006. BKL handled 18,595 air taxi operations in the first ten months of 2007. Burke Lakefront handles approximately 87,000 operations per year (average of 2000 to 2006). (60,013 for the first ten months of 2007). The airport is frequently used by professional sports team charter flights due to its proximity to FirstEnergy Stadium, Progressive Field, and Quicken Loans Arena.