Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport (IATA: BWG, ICAO: KBWG, FAA LID: BWG) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Bowling Green, a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the City of Bowling Green and Warren County.
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History
The site was established in 1934 as a military airfield. Shortly after the end of WW-II, the airport was served until 1946 with an intrastate airline, Bluegrass Airlines through the fall of 1946. Beginning August 1, 1948, Eastern Airlines added Bowling Green to its Chicago to Atlanta route. Aircraft used on this route were the Douglas DC-3, Martin 4-0-4 (known as the "Silver Streak"), and the Lockheed L-188 Electra. In 1969, Eastern contracted to Air South and Wright Airlines to service Bowling Green. The last flight on a Wright Airlines flight left Bowling Green around 4:30 pm, September 10, 1972, leaving the airport without commercial air service.
Charter flights for Western Kentucky University Men's and Women's athletic programs use the airport regularly. Charter flights for WKU football are usually on Miami Air International 737-800 aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Passengers
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport has seasonal commercial air service provided by a single airline, Contour Airlines, to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport in Destin, Florida. Service to Destin will resume on May 13, 2017 and continue through August 13, 2017. Contour Airlines began serving Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport on August 29, 2016 with twice daily flights to Atlanta and twice weekly flights to Destin on a seasonal basis. This marked the first time Bowling Green had scheduled commercial service since 1972. The seasonal flights to Destin ended in late October. On November 1, 2016, service to Atlanta was reduced from two flights a day to one flight a day because of lower-than-expected demand. It was announced on December 9, 2016 that the flights to Atlanta would end on January 8, 2017, due to insufficient demand.
Facilities and aircraft
Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport covers an area of 525 acres (212 ha) which contains two runways:
- Runway 3/21: 6,500 x 150 ft (1,981 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 12/30: 3,955 x 150 ft (1,205 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
For 12-month period ending November 30, 2005, the airport had 62,640 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military, 1% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 74 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 9% multi-engine (7) and 5% jet aircraft.
- Fixed-Base Operator: Co-Mar Aviation - Operations include aircraft maintenance, fuel services, and aircraft hangars/tie downs.
Future developments
In December 2015, the city and the airport reviewed a proposal to expand the existing terminal at the airport at a cost of $1.8 million. The expanded facility would be approx. 9,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. and would be built based on passenger traffic.
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