Borrego Valley Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of San Diego | ||||||||||
| Serves | Borrego Springs, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 520 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°15′32″N116°19′16″W / 33.25889°N 116.32111°W /33.25889; -116.32111 | ||||||||||
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Borrego Valley Airport (IATA:BXS[2],FAALID:L08) is a county-owned publicairport three miles east ofBorrego Springs, inSan Diego County, California, United States.[1]
The airport covers 198 acres (80 ha) at an elevation of 520 feet (158 m). Its one runway (8/26) is 5,011 x 75 ft (1,527 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]
In 2004 the airport had 22,000 aircraft operations, average 60 per day: 99.9%general aviation and 0.1%military. 28 aircraft were then based at the airport: 64% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 7%helicopter and 21%ultralight.[1]
TheInternational Aerobatic Club has a practice and competition area just north of the airport. The area was designated in 1976 and has a waiver from theFederal Aviation Administration. Aerobatic pilots from California and the southwest US regularly use it for practice and major competitive events; users have included three past national champions. Visitors are welcome to come to the airport and watch the flight activity, which does not interfere with other operations. Two annual competitions are sponsored by the San Diego Aerobatic Club,[3] in April and October.
Borrego Springs Airlines, a locally based commuter air carrier, was serving the airport from the late 1960s with scheduled nonstop flights to San Diego (SAN) and Palm Springs (PSP) operated withCessna 402 twin prop aircraft.[4] By 1975, the airline had changed its name toSun Aire Lines and upgraded its fleet with 19-passenger seatSwearingen Metro II turboprops and was continuing to operate nonstop service to San Diego and Palm Springs.[5] In the early 1980s the carrier was operating nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX) as well as direct service to Phoenix (PHX) via intermediate stops in Imperial (IPL) and Yuma (YUM) with Metro II propjets.[6] In 1984, Sun Aire was acquired bySkyWest Airlines which in turn continued to serve Borrego Springs withFairchild Swearingen Metroliner (Metro III) propjets with flights to several destinations in southern California and Arizona. SkyWest became affiliated withWestern Airlines in 1986 and all flights then code-shared with Western, operating asWestern Express. One year later in 1987, Western Airlines was merged intoDelta Airlines and all SkyWest flights began operating asDelta Connection. SkyWest/Delta Connection ceased all flights to the Borrego Springs airport on September 30, 1989.[7]
The airport currently does not have scheduled passenger air service.
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