Cape Air Nantucket Airlines Headquarters

Cape Cod Gateway Airport , also known as Boardman/Polando Field and formerly known as Barnstable Municipal Airport, is a public airport located on Cape Cod, north of the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Hyannis, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is publicly owned by

Town of Barnstable The Town of Barnstable ( ) is a town in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod, and is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipaliti ...

. It is Cape Cod's major airport as well as an air hub for the Cape and the Islands (

Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the s ...

and

Nantucket Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...

). The airport is served by scheduled commercial flights as well as charters and general aviation. Barnstable Municipal Airport served as a hub for Nantucket-based

commuter airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

Island Airlines Island Airlines was a commuter airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States which operated hourly scheduled flights between the island of Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts. Island Airli ...

until its shutdown in 2015. The airport was founded in 1928. During World War II it was also known as

Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis was a United States Navy facility located in Hyannis, Massachusetts operational from 1942 to 1945. It existed as an auxiliary air facility of Naval Air Station Quonset Point. History From 1942 to 1943, the fac ...

, and both the Navy and Army Air Forces flew antisubmarine patrols from the airport. It was renamed Barnstable Municipal Airport–Boardman/Polando Field in honor of Massachusetts aviation pioneers

Russell Boardman Russell Boardman (1898–July 1, 1933) was an early American aviation pioneer who, along with John Polando, flew from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul, Turkey in 1931 to set an aviation record for the longest continuous distance flown without refuel ...

and

John Polando John Polando (1901–1985) was an early American aviation pioneer who, along with Russell Boardman, flew from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul in 1931 to set an aviation record for the longest continuous distance flown without refueling. Following ...

in 1981, the first aviators in history to fly non-stop for a 5,000-mile distance. As of January 1, 2021, the airport has rebranded itself as the Cape Cod Gateway Airport to provide better name recognition to users from off-Cape not familiar with the name Barnstable.

Facilities

Airport overview

Barnstable Municipal Airport covers an area of . The airport has two asphalt grooved runways: 6/24 is 5,425 x 150 ft (1,654 x 46 m) and 15/33 is 5,253 x 150 ft (1,601 x 46 m). Currently there are Cessna 402 commuter aircraft operated by Cape Air as well as

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300s operated by

Rectrix Aviation Rectrix Aviation was a jet charter and commuter airline service that primarily served New England, Florida and the east coast of the United States. Its commercial operations were primarily based at Nantucket Memorial Airport and Barnstable Muni ...

and Cessna 208s operated by Wiggins Airways in addition to

Embraer E190 The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast narrow-body short- to medium-range twin-engine jet airliners designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding ...

jets seasonally operated by JetBlue Airways handled as commercial aircraft. Other commercial aircraft that have served KHYA in the past include Boeing 727, Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jets as well as

ATR 42 The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and ...

, Beechcraft 99, Beechcraft 1900C,

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, Convair 580,

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, which produced the aircraft from 1965 to 1988; Viking Air purchased the type certificate, then restarted ...

, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8, Dornier 228, Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Fairchild Hiller FH-227, NAMC YS-11, Saab 340 and Short 360 turboprops, and

Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial air ...

Cessna Cessna () is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing c ...

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

and

Piper Aircraft Piper Aircraft, Inc. is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in Vero Beach, Florida, United States and owned since 2009 by the Government of Brunei. Throughout much of the mid-to-late 20th centur ...

piston powered airplanes. The airport had scheduled passenger jet service as early as 1969 when

Northeast Airlines Northeast Airlines was an American airline based in Boston, Massachusetts that chiefly operated in the northeastern United States, and later to Canada, Florida, the Bahamas, Los Angeles and other cities. It was acquired by and merged into Del ...

was operating

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flights as well as operating service with Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprop aircraft with nonstop flights to New York

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(JFK), Boston (BOS) and

(ACK) plus direct, no change of plane flights to New York LaGuardia Airport. Northeast Airlines was then acquired by and merged into Delta Air Lines which then subsequently ceased all service to the airport during the 1970s. According to the Official Airline Guide ( OAG), regional and small commuter airlines serving the airport with scheduled passenger flights from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s included

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, Cape Air,

Colgan Air Colgan Air was an American certificated regional airline subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. The headquarters of Colgan Air were located in Memphis, Tennessee. Colgan Air operated for Continental Express/United Express, and US Airways Expre ...

, Continental Express (operated by Bar Harbor Airlines on behalf of

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), the Delta Connection (operated by

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on behalf of Delta Air Lines), Eastern Express (operated by Bar Harbor Airlines on behalf of Eastern Airlines), Edgartown Air, Express Air,

Gull Air Air Florida was an American low-cost carrier that operated from 1971 to 1984. In 1975 it was headquartered in the Dadeland Towers in what is now Kendall, Florida in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. Air Florida's IATA code is now used ...

, Hyannis Aviation, Island Air,

Nantucket Airlines Hyannis Air Service Inc., operating as Cape Air, is an airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States. It operates scheduled passenger services in the Northeast, the Caribbean, Midwest, and Eas ...

, New York Air Commuter Airlines, Northwest Airlink (operated by Precision Airlines on behalf of Northwest Airlines), Provincetown-Boston Airlines (PBA), USAir Express and Will's Air with all of these air carriers operating either turboprop or small piston powered aircraft. In the summer months, the airport traffic increases significantly, commercially and privately, being the main airport for Cape Cod. The fixed-base operators at the airport are

, Air Cape Cod, and Griffin Avionics.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2017, the airport averaged 262 operations per day: 60% air taxi, 31% transient general aviation, 9% local general aviation, <1% commercial, and <1% military. In August 2021, there were 37 aircraft based at this airport: 31 single-engine and 6 multi-engine.

Top destinations

Carrier shares

Ground transportation

The airport is accessible through MA Route 28 or from US 6 through MA Route 132. Barnstable Municipal Airport is also served by local taxi services as well as four major car rental agencies. The

Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) operates a bus transit system of fixed and flexible routes, seasonal rail service to Boston, and a paratransit service in the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The CCRTA was created under the provision ...

provides public transportation to and from the airport as part of the "Villager"/ Route 132 line.

Accidents and incidents

* Air New England Flight 248: On the evening of June 17, 1979, a

crashed on an ILS approach. All of those on the plane survived with the exception of the pilot, who was killed instantly. *Dassault Mystere Falcon 900B (unscheduled flight): On March 17, 2000, a turbojet aircraft carrying four people skidded off the Barnstable Municipal Airport runway in icy weather while attempting to land, crashed through a fence, crossed Route 28 and stopped in the middle of the TJ Maxx Plaza, causing serious damage to several cars in the parking lot, as well as leaking fuel, which in turn caused the busy plaza to shut down for the night due to safety concerns. *

Colgan Air Flight 9446 Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beech 1900D crashed into water offshore from Yarmouth, Massachusetts shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airp ...

: On August 26, 2003 a

Beech 1900D The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With ...

operated by

for

US Airways Express US Airways Express was the brand name for the regional affiliate of US Airways, under which a number of individually owned commuter air carriers and regional airlines operate short and medium haul routes. This code sharing service was previously ...

hit the water shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport. Both pilots died. *On June 18, 2008, a

Wiggins Airways Wiggins Airways is an American cargo airline based in Manchester, New Hampshire, operating from Manchester–Boston Regional Airport. It is a subsidiary of Ameriflight. History Wiggins Airways was founded in 1929, by E.W. Wiggins, operating ou ...

DHC-6 Twin Otter, a cargo flight, crashed after takeoff due to the pilot's failure to remove the flight control lock prior to takeoff. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed.

References

External links

Town of Barnstable - Barnstable Municipal Airport
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