Boca Raton Airport
04 May 2008
IATA: BCT – ICAO: KBCT – FAA LID: BCT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Florida
Operator		Boca Raton Airport Authority
Serves		Boca Raton, Florida
Elevation AMSL		13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates		26°22′43″N 080°06′28″W / 26.37861°N 80.10778°W / 26.37861; -80.10778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
5/23	6,276	1,913	Asphalt
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations			91,004
Based aircraft			205
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Emblem of the AAFTC Radar school at Boca Raton AAF (1943-1947)

Boca Raton Airport (IATA: BCT, ICAO: KBCT, FAA LID: BCT) is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Boca Raton, a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The airport is immediately adjacent to Florida Atlantic University and to Interstate 95.

The Boca Raton Airport is publicly owned and is designated as a general aviation transport facility governed by a seven member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County Commission.

History

Beginnings

The Boca Raton Airport was established in 1936. In 1941, in response to the emerging Axis threat, the United States began to rapidly mobilize and expand its armed forces. In addition to enlarging its Army and Navy, the US also sought to expand its air forces. The service we know today as the U.S. Air Force was known prior to June 1941 as the U.S. Army Air Corps and after June 1941 as the U.S. Army Air Forces, and was a subordinate branch within the U.S. Army. To expand the air corps/air forces, new air bases were established throughout the United States, including bases in southern Florida at Homestead, Morrison Field in West Palm Beach, and at the Boca Raton Airport.

The Boca Raton Airport, also known as Boca Raton Army Airfield, was selected to house a military airfield for a number of geographic and practical reasons. Southern Florida's climate and physical geography are generally considered mild compared to most northern locations. Florida experiences a winter climate characteristic of the subtropics. Lacking snow or low temperatures enabled military operations to continue year round. Florida also has consistently flat terrain, an ideal feature when training new and inexperienced pilots. Its location adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico also provided ideal locations for flight training. Boca Raton was also chosen for practical purposes. In the early-1940s, Boca Raton's population numbered only 723. This enabled the United States government to take thousands of acres of land for its use without having to relocate a large number of people. However, this is not to say that the establishment of the military airfield was without controversy. A majority of the land was acquired from Japanese-American farmers from the failing Yamato Colony, the land having been seized through the process of eminent domain, leaving many Japanese-Americans little recourse in the early days of World War II. All of these conditions enabled construction of the military airfield to commence in June 1942.

Recent history

The military inactivated the Boca Raton Army Air Field in 1946 and in the 1950s part of the air base was developed into Florida Atlantic University. Other parts were returned to private ownership and developed, with only 200 acres (0.8 km²) and a single runway of three original runways were retained for airport use. The airport suffered more than $12 million worth of damage to hangars when Hurricane Wilma passed through the area in October 2005.

Facilities and aircraft

Boca Raton Airport covers an area of 212 acres (86 ha) and has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 which measures 6,276 x 150 ft (1,913 x 46 m). The airport has a control tower which is manned from 7:00am to 11:00pm. There are two full service fixed base operators, Avitat Boca Raton and Boca Raton Aviation. The Burton D. Morgan School of Aeronautic of Lynn University and a flight training school are located at the airport.

For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2002, the airport had 91,004 aircraft operations, an average of 249 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 205 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 16% jet and 1% helicopter.

Runway Information

Runway 05/23

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT ALL TIMES ALL ACFT. VOLUNTARY CURFEW 2200-0700. USE NBAA STD NOISE ABATEMENT APCH & DEP PRODEDURES.
• BIRDS ON AND IN VICINITY OF ARPT.
• ALL ACFT USE RECOMMENDED DEPARTURES: RY 05 L TURN HEADING 360 STAY W OF INTERSTATE TO 1500 FT; RY 23 R TURN HEADING 255 AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFT PASSING RY END TO 1500 FT; AVOID RESIDENTIAL AREAS; OVERFLY MALL AREA.
• TGLS RSTRD TO 0900-1700 MON-FRI; NO STOP & GO LANDINGS OR INTERSECTION DEPS.
• FOR NOISE ABATEMENT INFO CALL 561-391-2202.
• VFR OPERNS ONLY.

Based Aircraft

Operational Statistics

Boca Raton Airport  

Address: Palm Beach County, FL

Tel: 561-391-2202

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General Info
Country	United States
State	FLORIDA
FAA ID	BCT
Latitude	26-22-42.573N
Longitude	080-06-27.685W
Elevation	13 feet
Near City	BOCA RATON

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