🇺🇸 Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport

The Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport (BWG) is a public airport located two miles southeast of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and is owned by the City of Bowling Green and Warren County.

Type of facility and operations:

• It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• The airport offers services such as aircraft maintenance, fuel services, and aircraft hangars/tie-downs through its Fixed-Base Operators (FBOs), Co-Mar Aviation and Ascend Aviation,.
• In the year ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 9,814 aircraft operations, with 85% being general aviation, 14% air taxi, and less than 1% military and airline operations.
• It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 (6,501 x 150 ft) and 12/30 (3,956 x 150 ft).

Notable features or history:

• The site was established in 1934 as a military airfield,.
• It previously had scheduled commercial service from airlines like Eastern Airlines, Bluegrass Airlines, Air South, and Wright Airlines, with the last regular service ending in 1972. Seasonal flights to Destin and service to Atlanta have also been offered more recently but were discontinued due to insufficient demand.
• The airport offers tours for groups of all sizes and ages from April through October.

Current status:

• The airport's mission is to provide a high level of safety, security, efficiency, convenience, and customer service for the Bowling Green/Warren County region.
• As of December 31, 2022, 66 aircraft were based at the airport.
• Susan Harmon is the Airport Manager.

*Sources researched: bgwcairport.org, en.wikipedia.org, transportation.ky.gov*