| Hutchinson County Airport | |
| Iata: | BGD |
| Icao: | KBGD |
| Faa: | BGD |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas |
| Pushpin Label: | BGD |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Hutchinson County |
| City-Served: | Hutchinson County, Texas |
| Location: | Borger, Texas |
| Elevation-F: | 3,055 |
| Elevation-M: | 931 |
| Coordinates: | 35.7008°N -101.3936°W |
| Website: | HutchinsonCountyAirport.com |
| R1-Number: | 17/35 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,299 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,920 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 3/21 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,897 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1,188 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2021 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 9/15/2021) |
| Stat1-Data: | 6,010 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 18 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Hutchinson County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport two miles north of Borger, Texas. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The airport covers 370acres at an elevation of 3,055 feet (931 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 6,299 by 100 feet (1,920 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,897 by 100 feet (1,188 x 30 m).
In the 12-month period ending September 15, 2021, the airport had 6,010 aircraft operations, average 115 per week: 67% local general aviation, 33% transient general aviation, and <1% military. 18 aircraft were then based at the airport: 16 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.
Hutchinson County Airport has two certified RNAV (GPS) instrument approach procedures.[3]
The airport had scheduled passenger flights on Central Airlines and successor Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) and later on commuter airline Air Central.
Central Airlines began serving Borger in the early 1950s with Douglas DC-3s to Dallas Love Field, Fort Worth (via Amon Carter Field or Meacham Field), Oklahoma City and Tulsa.[4] In 1966 Central DC-3s flew Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO-Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Parsons, KS-Kansas City.[5] Central merged into Frontier which in 1967 flew Convair 600s Amarillo-Borger-Oklahoma City-Bartlesville, OK-Kansas City.[6] By 1970 Frontier had left Borger.[7] In 1979 commuter airline Air Central flew Piper Navajos to Oklahoma City.[8]
The airport currently has no airline service.