Harding Field
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Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Ryan Field Harding Army Airfield |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Baton Rouge Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 70 ft / 21 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°31′58″N 091°09′00″W / 30.53278°N 91.15000°WCoordinates: 30°31′58″N 091°09′00″W / 30.53278°N 91.15000°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Aircraft operations | 72,351 |
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| Based aircraft | 240 |
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (IATA: BTR, ICAO: KBTR, FAA LID: BTR), also known as Ryan Field, is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Baton Rouge, a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The airport was originally Harding Army Air Field during World War II and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply base. Today other than the runways, virtually no traces remain of the military installation.
The airport covers an area of 1,250 acres (510 ha) at an elevation of 70 feet (21 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 4L/22R is 7,500 by 150 feet (2,286 × 46 m) with a concrete surface; 4R/22L is 3,799 by 75 feet (1,158 × 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 13/31 is 7,004 by 150 feet (2,135 × 46 m) with an asphalt surface.
Air Traffic Services are provided by dedicated Air Traffic Controllers in the tower and the Terminal Radar Approach Control.
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2016, the airport had 72,351 aircraft operations, an average of 198 per day: 70% general aviation, 23% air taxi, 2% military and 5% scheduled commercial. This classifies it as a Primary Non-hub airport. At that time there were 240 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 14% jet and 8% helicopter.
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