Burns Municipal Airport

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Burns Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) east of the central business district of Burns, a city in Harney County, Oregon, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.HistoryBy 1929, an airport had been established at Burns. In 1934, the Civil Works Administration awarded $5,000 to build a new airport. In 1942, the City of Burns purchased for a new airport. The new airport was built by the Civil Aeronautics Administration at a cost of $570,000, which had two runways of. During World War II, a squadron of P-38 Lightning were station at the Burns Airport. On January 7, 1981, three Bonneville Power Administration employees died when their airplane crashed as it approached the airport.Facilities and aircraftBurns Municipal Airport covers an area of 825 acres (334 ha) at an elevation of 4,159 feet (1,268 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 12/30 is 5,100 by 75 feet (1,554 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 3/21 is 4,600 by 60 feet (1,402 x 18 m) with a concrete surface. The United States Bureau of Land Management operates a SEAT Base from the airport for fighting wildfires.