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Bob Hope Airport

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Facts About Bob Hope Airport

HISTORY

  • Opened Memorial Day Weekend 1930, built by United Airports Company of California, Ltd.
  • Name changed to Union Air Terminal 1934.
  • Purchased by Lockheed Aircraft Company 1940, name changed to Lockheed Air Terminal.
  • Name changed to Hollywood-Burbank Airport 1967.
  • Sold by Lockheed to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority 1978, name changed to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport.
  • Name changed to Bob Hope Airport 2003.

FACILITIES

  • Size of premises:  550 acres
  • Two intersecting runways:  Runway 15/33 6,885 ft. long, north-south direction; Runway 8/26, 5,802 ft. long, east-west direction.
  • Elevation:  778 ft.
  • Passenger terminal size:  220,000 sq. ft., 14 aircraft parking positions.

PASSENGER AIRLINES

  • Alaska Airlines
  • JetBlue Airways
  • SkyWest/Delta Connection
  • SkyWest/United Express
  • Southwest Airlines
  • US Airways

CARGO CARRIERS

  • FedEx
  • UPS

ANNUAL PASSENGER AND CARGO ACTIVITY

  • 4.3 Million Annual Passengers 2011
  • 98.2 Million Pounds of Cargo 2011
  • 54,253 Air Carrier Operations 2011
  • 13,469 Air Taxi Operations 2011
  • 54,880 General Aviation Operations 2011
  • 306 Military Operations 2011
  • 122,908 Total Aircraft Operations 2011

FIXED-BASE OPERATORS

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