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Bob Hope Airport (Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority)
Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a public airport
located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of
Burbank, a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was
formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940);
Lockheed Air Terminal (1940-1967); Hollywood-Burbank Airport (1967-1978); and
most recently Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978-2003).
The airport serves the Los Angeles area including Glendale, Pasadena, and the
San Fernando Valley. It is also closer to Griffith Park and Hollywood than is
Los Angeles International Airport, and is the only airport in the greater Los
Angeles area with a direct rail connection to downtown Los Angeles. Non-stop
flights from the airport go mostly to destinations within the western United
States but service also includes Dallas/Fort Worth, Columbus, and New York City.
The airport covers 610 acres (2.5 km²) and has two runways. The west end of
Runway 8/26 actually stretches into the City of Los Angeles.
The airport is owned by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, which
is controlled by the governments of the three cities in its name, and is managed
by TBI Airport Management.
The airport maintains its own police department (Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
Airport Authority Police), separate of the Burbank Police Department. The
department is made of 34 sworn officers, five sergeants, two lieutenants, and
the chief of police.
BUR has public Wi-Fi provided by both AT&T and T-Mobile.
Boarding is by using airstairs or ramps rather than jetways, unlike most major
airports.
History
In the late 1920s the United States Department of Commerce recommended Burbank
as the most favorable airport location in the Los Angeles area. Construction
thus began on a facility, built by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, a
large conglomerate and former parent of the The Boeing Company and United
Airlines. Named United Airport and dedicated amid much festivity (including an
air show) on Memorial Day Weekend (May 30 - June 1), 1930, the facility was the
primary and largest commercial airport in the Los Angeles region until it was
eclipsed in 1946 by the Los Angeles Municipal Airport in Westchester when that
facility (the former Mines Field) commenced commercial operations. Nevertheless,
upon its opening, Burbank's United Airport quickly proved to be a
state-of-the-art facility and a showy new competitor to the nearby Grand Central
Airport in neighboring Glendale.
The Burbank facility remained named United Airport until 1934, when it was
renamed Union Air Terminal. The name change came the same year that Federal
anti-trust actions caused United Aircraft And Transport Corp. to dissolve, which
took effect September 26, 1934. The Union Air Terminal moniker stuck for six
years, until Lockheed bought the airport in 1940.
Lockheed immediately renamed the property the Lockheed Air Terminal. Commercial
air traffic continued even while Lockheed's extensive aircraft-manufacturing
facilities at the airport supplied the war effort and developed numerous
military and commercial aircraft in the ensuing war years and into the
mid-1960s.
In 1966, the airport was dealt a temporary setback when, at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday,
February 13, a fire broke out in a greasy flue in the kitchen of the terminal
building's second-floor restaurant, The Sky Room. The blaze, fanned by gusty
winds, spread throughout the terminal building and also consumed the attached
control tower. Controllers in the tower at the time of the fire were able to
escape to safety by descending on an aerial ladder, and air traffic was diverted
to nearby Van Nuys Airport and Los Angeles International Airport for several
hours. The fire, contained by firefighters by about 6:30 p.m., caused an
estimated $2 million in damages to the terminal, tower, and electronic equipment
in the tower. No injuries were reported.
Surprisingly, Lockheed officials declared that the airport would reopen the next
day, and it did -- using electronic equipment borrowed from LAX that was set up
in a nearby hangar. The hangar also served as the airport's temporary passenger
terminal and baggage claim area. The gutted terminal and tower were rebuilt and
reopened the following year.
In 1967, Lockheed, aiming at attracting more business, rechristened the facility
with the more glamorous-sounding name of Hollywood-Burbank Airport.
It remained Hollywood-Burbank Airport for over a decade, until 1978, when
Lockheed sold the facility and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority
took over operations. At that time, the airport acquired its fifth name:
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978-2003).
On November 11, 2003, the airport authority voted to change the airport's name
to Bob Hope Airport in honor of comedian Bob Hope, a longtime resident of nearby
Toluca Lake, who had died earlier in the year and who had kept his personal
airplane at the airfield. The new name was unveiled on December 17, 2003 on the
100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903, the year that
Bob Hope was born.
Numerous attempts to expand safety buffer zones and add increased runway length
has drawn a considerable amount of negative feedback from the airport’s closest
residents, citing disturbances from increased noise pollution as a serious
nuisance. Expansion space around the airport is virtually non-existent due to
the encroachment of the surrounding city, leaving the unlikely option of
aggressive land acquisition almost entirely out of reach.
BUR is also noted by aircraft spotters as being easily accessible for pleasure
viewing of commercial aircraft without the common drawback of disturbing
business and other airport functions/facilities.
In 2005, the airport celebrated its 75th anniversary. In 2006, it served
5,689,291 travelers on seven major carriers, with more than 70 flights daily.
After much controversy and debate between the Airport Authority, the City of
Burbank, the Transportation Security Administration, and Burbank residents, in
November 2007 it was decided that a new $8- to $10-million baggage screening
facility for Terminal B is legal, considering the anti-growth limitations placed
on the airport. The facility will house a $2.5-million Explosive Detection
System, used for the automatic detection of explosives within checked luggage.
However, the facility is still in the early planning phases, and may be vetoed
if the residents of Burbank rally against it.
The land occupied by the old Lockheed building (demolished in the 1990's) at the
corners of Empire Avenue and Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue, is now the site
of a growing power center commercial development with major chain restaurants
and businesses.
Facilities and aircraft
Bob Hope Airport covers an area of 610 acres (247 ha) which contains two asphalt
paved runways: 15/33 measuring 6,886 x 150 ft. (2,099 x 46 m) and 8/26 measuring
5,801 x 150 ft. (1,768 x 46 m). Commercial aircraft generally take off on Runway
15 and land on Runway 8 with ILS.
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2006, the airport had 130,849
aircraft operations, an average of 358 per day: 52% scheduled commercial, 31%
general aviation, 16% air taxi and <1% military. There are 108 aircraft based at
this airport: 47% jet, 28% single-engine, 19% multi-engine and 6% helicopter.
Airlines and destinations
Bob Hope Airport has two terminals, "A" and "B," which are joined together as
part of the same building.
Terminal A
Terminal A has nine gates: A1-A9
* JetBlue Airways (Las Vegas [begins May 21], New York-JFK, Salt Lake City,
Washington-Dulles [begins May 21])
* Southwest Airlines (Las Vegas, Oakland, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Jose (CA))
* Skybus Airlines (Columbus, Greensboro [begins February 25])
* US Airways (Phoenix)
o US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
Terminal B
Terminal B has five gates: B1-B5
* Alaska Airlines (Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma)
o Horizon Air (Portland (OR))
* American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth)
* Delta Air Lines
o Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
* United Airlines (Denver, San Francisco)
o United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver, San Francisco)
Ground transportation
Car
Bob Hope Airport can be reached using the Hollywood Way exit (number 149) off of
Interstate 5, the Hollywood Way (west) or Pass Ave (east) exit (number 2) off of
California State Route 134, or the Victory Boulevard exit (number 8B) off of
California State Route 170. Car and pedestrian access to the terminal is
provided at either Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue or on Empire Avenue one
block west of Hollywood Way. On-site parking consists of valet parking,
short-term parking, and Parking Lots D and E. Remote Parking Lot A is located at
Hollywood Way and Winona Avenue. Remote Parking Lot B is located on Hollywood
Way north of Burton Avenue. Remote Parking Lot C is located on Thornton Avenue
west of Ontario Street. Shuttle buses are provided from Parkings Lots A, B, C,
D, and E to the terminal buildings. A shuttle stop is also located at the corner
of Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue.
Bus
No municipal bus service is offered direct to the terminal building, however,
the MTA provides bus service to the corner of Hollywood Way and Thornton Ave via
lines 94, 163 (the region's only direct bus route from an airport to Hollywood),
and 394. Bus service at the Empire Avenue entrance is also provided via line
165. Amtrak also provides service to the Bob Hope Airport Train Station via its
Thruway Motorcoach service to Bakersfield, CA.
Rail
Metrolink's Ventura County Line provides access via the Bob Hope Airport Train
Station to downtown Los Angeles and Ventura County. Amtrack's Pacific Surfliner
provides access to San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, downtown Los Angeles, and San
Diego.
Expansion
In 2002, Terminal A was renovated and expanded. Plans existed for years to
expand the airport with a new passenger terminal north of the existing one, but
these plans have been scrapped due to significant opposition from the Burbank
City Council and local groups.
A 2004 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report cited the need for expansion
at this airport, but for now this seems impossible due to agreed upon
restrictions of the size and number of gates. The current passenger terminal is
too close to the runways according to current safety standards but is
grandfathered in because of its age.
Incidents
Bob Hope Airport was initially built for smaller aircraft; as a consequence, the
airport has one of the smallest commercially-used runways in the United States.
The result is a challenging landing for even the most experienced pilots.
Aircraft arriving on Runway 8 must turn off onto the ramp area by the JetBlue
gate before completely stopping their landing roll.
* On March 5, 2000, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455, upon landing on Runway 8 at
Burbank following a flight from Las Vegas, overran the runway, injuring 43. The
Boeing 737 crashed through a metal blast barrier at the end of the runway, then
an airport perimeter fence, and came to rest in the traffic lanes of Hollywood
Way, a main north-south thoroughfare. The plane stopped close to a Chevron
gasoline station located across the street from the runway. The incident
resulted in the dismissal of the pilots. The Chevron gasoline station was
subsequently closed and removed due to safety concerns.
* On September 21, 2005, JetBlue Airways Flight 292, took off from Burbank and
the front wheel of the aircraft failed to retract and instead jammed at a 90
degree angle perpendicular to the direction the wheels normally face. The
aircraft spent several hours in the air before safely making an emergency
landing at Los Angeles International Airport, with 140 passengers and 6 crew
members aboard. After the aircraft took off, the incident was quickly captured
by news helicopters which ran feed that was shown live nationally on cable news.
Notably, many passengers on the flight said they watched images of their own
aircraft on JetBlue's LiveTV system.
* On October 13, 2006, a Gulfstream jet overran the runway upon landing. There
were no reported injuries amongst the five passengers and two crew members. New
York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was on board, on his way to attend the
funeral of fellow teammate Cory Lidle. Rodriguez was uninjured, but the accident
happened two days after the fatal plane crash of his teammate.
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