Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport
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Coordinates | 29°06′31″N 095°27′44″W / 29.10861°N 95.46222°W | ||||||||||
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Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (IATA: LJN, ICAO: KLBX, FAA LID: LBX), previously known as Brazoria County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas, United States, in Greater Houston, located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of the central business district of Angleton and north of Lake Jackson.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport is assigned LBX by the FAA and LJN by the IATA (which assigned LBX to Lubang Airport in the Philippines).[2][3]
On March 24, 2010, the Brazoria County Commissioners' Court voted to change the name of the airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, effective October 1, 2010.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport covers an area of 674 acres (273 ha) which contains one concrete paved runway (17/35) measuring 7,000 x 100 ft (2,134 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2021, the airport had 77,981 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% commercial. There were at that time 98 aircraft based at this airport: 82 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 2 jet and 5 helicopter.[1]
The airport's runway was closed in December 2009 for a major reconstruction project, in which the runway's former asphalt surface was replaced with concrete. During the runway closure, aircraft temporarily used the airport's main taxiway for takeoffs and landings. Larger aircraft, such as the Aerodynamics (ADI) Dynajet
Bristow U.S. LLC, which is one of the largest Part 135 commercial helicopter operators in the world, currently operates a base at the airport serving the offshore oil and gas industry in the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Turbine powered helicopter types operated by Bristow in the past from LBX include the
The airport's on-site restaurant, the Windsock Restaurant, closed in February 2011.[7] Following renovations, the building was reopened as the Crosswind Cafe in December 2011.[8] It was subsequently closed and reopened under new management with a seafood influenced menu as the Runway Cafe in 2014.
Airline history
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport was linked to the national airway grid with regularly scheduled airline service. Among some of the more unusual routes were nonstop flights to
In the 1980s, the old Lake Jackson Dow Airport (LJN)
Following the opening of the Brazoria County Airport (LBX),
Other air carriers that have served Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport in the past include
Currently, Dow Chemical operates two corporate-owned
At present, no regularly scheduled commercial passenger airline service is offered from this airfield.
See also
References
- ^ PDF, effective 2023-08-10
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KLBX - Angleton/Lake Jackson, Texas (Brazoria County Airport)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: LBX / RPLU - Lubang, Philippines
- The Brazosport Facts. Thursday March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ "DNJ170 Flight Tracking and History 07-Jan-2010 (KHOU-KMBS)".
- ^ "Home". bristowgroup.com.
- ^ Tompkins, John. "County airport's Windsock Restaurant closes its doors." The Facts. Wednesday February 23, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ Daughtry, Shannon. "New eatery set to open at airport." The Facts. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ http://www.airfields-freeman.com, Texas, Houston Southern, Lake Jackson Dow Airport
- ^ Feb. 1, 1976 edition of the Official Airline Guide (OAG)
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Houston Intercontinental flight schedules
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Amistad Airlines August 1971 system timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb, 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Houston Intercontinental flight schedules
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LBX
- AirNav airport information for KLBX
- ASN accident history for LJN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures