Blair Executive Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Blair Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Blair, Nebraska and Omaha, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,317.6 ft / 402 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°24′53″N 096°06′32″W / 41.41472°N 96.10889°W | ||||||||||
Website | [1] | ||||||||||
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Blair Executive Airport (ICAO: KBTA, FAA LID: BTA), formerly the Blair Municipal Airport, is about seven miles (11 km) south of Blair, Nebraska, a city in Washington County, Nebraska.
The original Blair Municipal Airport (FAA LID: NE07/83Y) north of Blair opened between 1938 and 1941. In 1996 the city of Blair purchased the privately owned Eagle Airfield (FAA LID: K46) which became the site of the present Blair Municipal Airport.[2] Eagle Airfield was renamed, and extensive construction replaced the original narrow runway, removed a grass cross-runway, and added new tarmacs and hangars.[2] The original airport location was demolished and turned into a golf course by 1999.[3]
The Omaha Police Department's Air Support Unit began operating out of the airport in June 2019, moving from the North Omaha Airport.[4]
The airport's official description was changed from 'municipal' to 'executive' by the Blair Airport Authority in 2022 for marketing purposes.[5]
The airport is at an elevation of 1,317.6 ft (401.6 m). It has one concrete runway: 13/31 is 4,201 by 100 feet (1,280 by 30 m), as well as a grass strip for glider operations. The airport had an average of 42 operations per day in the year ending May 2018. 64 aircraft were then based at this airport.