Morehouse_Memorial_Airport

Morehouse Memorial Airport

Morehouse Memorial Airport

Airport

Morehouse Memorial Airport (ICAO: KBQP, FAA LID: BQP, formerly 2F8[2]) is a public use airport in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It is owned by the City of Bastrop and located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of its central business district.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

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Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BQP by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[4][5]

Facilities and aircraft

Morehouse Memorial Airport covers an area of 440 acres (178 ha) at an elevation of 168 feet (51 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,002 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 14, 2012, the airport had 30,200 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine and 6% multi-engine.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FAA Airport Form 5010 for BQP – Morehouse Memorial PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2F8 – Morehouse Memorial Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. June 8, 2006. Archived from the original on July 22, 2006.
  3. [3]
    "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  4. [4]
    "IATA Airport Code Search (BQP)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Morehouse Memorial Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KBQP, FAA: BQP)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
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