Burlington International Airport

Burlington International Airport is located in the Southern part of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden, Vermont, in the United States. BTV is a joint-use civil-military airport, which is 6km far from Burlington's central business district. Instead of the fact that Vermont is the most populous municipality and still 40% of passengers come from Quebec. The official code for IATA and FAA is - BTV, concerning - ICAO it is - KBTV. The authority figures of BTV are

Burlington International Airport

About BTV

Burlington International Airport is located in the Southern part of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden, Vermont, in the United States. BTV is a joint-use civil-military airport, which is 6km far from Burlington's central business district. Instead of the fact that Vermont is the most populous municipality and still 40% of passengers come from Quebec. The official code for IATA and FAA is - BTV, concerning - ICAO it is - KBTV. The authority figures of BTV are

History of development

From the very beginning, Burlington International Airport was called Burlington Municipal Airport, and the first aircraft landed in 1920. During World War II, BTV was the busiest municipal airport in the world, with 662 and 793 landings, in 1942-1943. In 1969, the Board of Aldermen voted to change the "Municipal" into "International," to help the rebranding process and take away the perception that BTV was a small, community-based airport.

The first renovation of the terminal building was in 1971 when the airport added 40,000 square feet. After it, during the years 2000-2008, another expansion project took part in Burlington International Airport. As a result, five new gates were added, with four boarding bridges. Also, the customer service area and the parking garage was improved. For interior decoration, Marble, Granite, and Maple were used.

The last development of Burlington International Airport was in 2012-2013 when the parking area was expanded, and today there are more than 2700 spaces. Moreover, upper concourse bathrooms were renovated too.

Airlines and Destinations

The following airlines serve at Burlington International Airport: DELTA, JETBLUE, PORTER, UNITED, and AMERICAN. Concerning the seasonal destinations, American Airlines flies into Charlotte and American Eagle in Chicago. Regarding Frontier Airlines, its seasonal flights are in Denver and Orlando. Also, United Airlines has a seasonal route to Denver.

According to statistics of 2018-2019, the top domestic flights from BTV to the following destinations were: New York, Chicago, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, Charlotte, and Atlanta.

The Capacity of Burlington International Airport

BTV covers more than 942 acres that are 381 ha, and the airport is 335 feet above the mean sea level. Burlington International Airport has two runways. The first runway - 15/33 is 8,319 by 150 feet, and the second - 1/19 is 4,112 by 75 feet. Both of them have concrete and asphalt surface. The aircraft operations are 193 per day, from that 57% is general aviation, 20% - air taxi, 17% - scheduled commercial, and only 6% goes to the military.

The passenger boardings of BTV

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the records of 2016, regarding passenger enplanements is - 588,504. It had an increased 1.3% compared to 2015 when the total passenger number was - 581,143. The rates have changed on the better side as in 2009, and the BTV airport had 700,592 passenger boardings. Concerning the following year, 2010, the statistics show an 8.5% decrease that is - 640,790 passenger boarding. As Burlington International Airport has more than 10,000 passenger enplanements annually, it was categorized as primary commercial service, and FAA included BTV in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems from 2011 to 2015.