Jack Brooks Regional Airport

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Jack Brooks Regional Airport
AMSL
15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates29°57′03″N 094°01′14″W / 29.95083°N 94.02056°W / 29.95083; -94.02056
Websiteflysetx.com
Map
BPT is located in Texas
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BPT is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 6,751 2,058 Concrete
16/34 5,071 1,546 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022)18,894
Based aircraft (2022)65

Jack Brooks Regional Airport (IATA: BPT, ICAO: KBPT, FAA LID: BPT), formerly Southeast Texas Regional Airport, is near Port Arthur, Texas, nine miles (14 km) southeast of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur. It was Jefferson County Airport, but its name was changed to honor former U.S. Representative Jack Brooks (D - Beaumont). The airport is southwest of the city of Nederland in unincorporated Jefferson County, and is used for general aviation. Southwest Airlines ended scheduled jet service in 1980 and several other airlines have started and ended service as well including American Eagle, Continental, Delta/Delta Connection and United Express. The latest chapter is the resumption of service by American Eagle for American Airlines to Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW).[2]

Facilities

The Jack Brooks Regional Airport covers 1,799 acres (728 ha) and has two paved runways: 12/30 is 6,751 x 150 ft (2,058 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 5,071 x 150 ft (1,546 x 46 m).[1]

In the year ending December 31, 2022, the Jack Brooks Regional Airport had 18,894 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 84% general aviation, 9% air taxi, 5% military, and 2% airline. At that time, 65 aircraft were based at this airport: 41 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 14 jet aircraft and 4 helicopters.[1]

Airlines and destinations: past & present

United Express (Colgan Air) Saab 340 turboprops flew to Houston (IAH) until July 1, 2012, when the airport lost all scheduled passenger air service.[3] United Express then ran bus service to George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets.[4]

Past airline service

Soon after the Jack Brooks Regional airport was built, BPT was a stop on the Houston-New Orleans route operated by

Eastern Airlines which then ended its mainline service in 1966. Chicago and Southern Air Lines arrived in 1947, and successor Delta Air Lines
operated mainline jet service into Beaumont/Port Arthur until 1979.

Chicago & Southern Airlines with this air carrier operating Douglas DC-3s into Beaumont beginning in 1947.[9]

Six airlines have flown jets to BPT. In the fall of 1966,

New York LaGuardia Airport - Atlanta - Shreveport - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Houston service.[14]

Texas International was then merged into

USAir.[17]

Commuter airlines serving Beaumont/Port Arthur included

Beechcraft 1900Cs and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners nonstop to Austin and Dallas Love Field
. Conquest Airlines was based in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area before moving its headquarters to Austin where it started a hub.

In early 1985, the Jack Brooks Regional airport did not have jet service but was served by four different airlines operating a combined total of 41 flights every weekday into BPT.

TranStar Airlines (formerly Muse Air) with ten nonstop flights operated every weekday to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) where connections were available to TranStar jet service.[20]

Airline and destination

AirlinesDestinations
Dallas/Fort Worth[21]

Hurricane Rita

On September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita hit the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. The then-named Southeast Texas Regional Airport passenger terminal had to be shut down with the airport authority then using the old terminal on a temporary basis. The renovated terminal reopened in May 2009[22] after several delays.

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    , effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Blog | Nuts About Southwest". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  3. ^ Collier, Kiah (September 22, 2012). "Small airports struggle as major carriers pull back". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. ^ https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KBPT
  5. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Nov. 1, 1949 Trans-Texas timetable
  6. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1958 Eastern timetable
  7. ^ timetableimages.com, Eastern January 7, 1950 timetable
  8. ^ timetableimages.com, Delta August 1, 1958 timetable
  9. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 1, 1950 Chicago Southern timetable
  10. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/tt66/tt66-03.jpg
  11. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt68/tt68-04.jpg
  12. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/dl/dl69/dl69-09.jpg
  13. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/dl/dl69/dl69-04.jpg
  14. ^ a b c February 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide, North American edition
  15. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide
  16. ^ departedflights.com, July 1, 1983 Official Airline Guide
  17. ^ departedflights.com, April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide
  18. ^ "BPT85intro".
  19. ^ a b "BPT85p1".
  20. ^ https://departedflights2.com/muse-air-transtar-airlines-1981-1987/, pages 182 & 184
  21. ^ "American Airlines returning to Jack Brooks Regional Airport - KiiiTV.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  22. ^ "Southeast Texas Regional Airport prepares to open refurbished terminal". Beaumont Enterprise. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

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