Mobile Downtown Airport

Mobile Downtown Airport
USGS aerial image, 2002
IATA: BFM ICAO: KBFM FAA LID: BFM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Mobile Airport Authority
Serves	Mobile, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	30°37′36″N 088°04′05″W / 30.62667°N 88.06806°W / 30.62667; -88.06806
Website	http://www.mobileaeroplex.org/
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 9,618 2,932 Asphalt/concrete 18/36 7,800 2,377 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 82,820 Based aircraft 34
Source: FAA and airport website

Mobile Downtown Airport (IATA: BFM, ICAO: KBFM, FAA LID: BFM) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Mobile, a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The airport is a principal component of the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, a 1,650-acre (668 ha) industrial complex. It is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority. Prior to 1969, the airport was part of an active military installation known as Brookley Air Force Base.

According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility. This was a change from the 2007–2011 NPIAS Report, when it was categorized as a reliever airport.

The airport has a control tower and has both a 9,600-by-150-foot (2,926 m × 46 m) runway and a 7,800-by-150-foot (2,377 m × 46 m) runway. Various instrument approaches to all runways are available, including an on-site VORTAC and instrument landing system (ILS). The complex is served by a 24-hour fixed-base operator, the Downtown Air Center.