KBKL
Burke Lakefront Airport
VFR
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Name
Burke Lakefront Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KBKL / BKL / KBKL
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- Region
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Timezone
10:24 am (EST)
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Municipality
Cleveland
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Coordinates
41° 31′ 3″ N 81° 40′ 59″ E
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Elevation
583 ft (178 m MSL)
About Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (IATA: BKL, ICAO: KBKL, FAA LID: BKL) is a city-owned airport on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It's classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), which is Greater Cleveland's primary airport. In 2018, based on FAA data, Burke Lakefront was the seventh busiest airport in the state of Ohio. It is named after former Cleveland mayor and U.S. senator Thomas A. Burke.
Cleveland Burke Lakefront is one of three airports serving the Cleveland area. The other two are Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Akron-Canton Regional. The airport is owned by the city of Cleveland, which also operates Hopkins. The airport is operated by the city’s Department of Port Control.
The airport's total operations have decreased over the past two decades from 100,321 in 2000 to 40,185 in 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, operations at Burke increased by 16.5% from the 34,497 operations in 2018.