Burke Lakefront Airport
BKL · KBKL · Cleveland, Ohio · Cuyahoga County · map
Burke Lakefront Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Cleveland, 1 mile north of Cleveland, Ohio, 584 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06L/24R, is 6,604 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 17 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 13 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 39,534 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,405 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Burke Lakefront Airport?
Its FAA code is BKL, and its ICAO code is KBKL.
Where is Burke Lakefront Airport?
It is 1 mile north of Cleveland, Ohio, 584 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Burke Lakefront Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06L/24R, is 6,604 feet long.
Does Burke Lakefront Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Burke Lakefront Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Burke Lakefront Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Oakland County International, Philadelphia International, General Edward Lawrence Logan International, Washington Dulles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Burke Lakefront Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Neo Helicopter Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Burke Lakefront Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Burke Lakefront Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BKL · ICAO KBKL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Cleveland
- Elevation
- 584 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 0700 monday to 2300 friday; 7:00 am to 11:00 pm saturday; sunday 8:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 6,604 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 06R/24L | 5,197 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06L: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 178 ft, 6,325 ft available for landing
- Runway 24R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 600 ft, 6,003 ft available for landing, building 122 ft high 3,364 ft from the end
- Runway 06R: threshold displaced 275 ft, 4,924 ft available for landing
- Runway 24L: right-hand traffic pattern, ant 274 ft high 6,560 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.3 | Lakefront |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.25 | Lakefront |
| Ground · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.9 | Lakefront |
| Approach and departure | 125.35 | Lakefront |
| Brwnz and star · Roknn and star · Rolln and star | 126.55 | Lakefront |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 216-241-6904.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cuyahoga County (9 nm east), Cleveland-Hopkins International (10 nm southwest), Lake County Executive (17 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Ohio · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Helicopter asp: prior to part 157.
- Birds and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 24R; runway end identifier lights runway 06L - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 06L/24R preset med intst, to incr intst rdo required on UNICOM. PAPI runway 06L and 24R operates continuously.
- Fee schedule based on NR of engines and gross weight.
- Runway 06R/24L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Closed when the control tower closed.
- Unusable beyond 5 degreess right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess left of crs.
- Runway 06L/24R and runway 06R/24L approach surfaces have navigable waterways creating possible vessel obstruction areas - check local NOTAMs for current activity; vessel height; etc.
- 72 feet ship crane 1300 feet southwest of runway 06R.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 45 departures from BKL in those twelve months, carrying 1,525 passengers in 3,372 seats (45% filled), to 30 destinations (1 abroad) on 8 airlines.
All 30 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 8 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,534, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 82 |
| air taxi and commuter | 11,674 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,128 |
| general aviation, local | 10,204 |
| military | 446 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cleveland from the FAA register
391 aircraft are registered to owners in Cleveland, Ohio: 352 business jets, 22 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Ohio.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Neo Helicopter Academy LLC 1 aircraft · North Royalton, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Cleveland:
- Flexjet, LLC 332 aircraft on the certificate Flexjet is a private aviation company offering fractional jet ownership, jet card programs, aircraft leasing, and a Red Label dedicated crewing model.
- Aitheras Aviation Group LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate
- Flight Options LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Cleveland:
- Ati Aviation Services LLC ATI Aviation Services is a FAA/EASA-approved landing gear maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility located in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Certified Aircraft Maintenance LLC
- Constant Aviation, LLC Flexjet Technical Services is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider and aircraft completions facility operated by Flexjet, a global fleet operator of business aircraft.
- Eaton Corporation
- Ferrotherm, LLC
- Flexjet, LLC Flexjet is a private aviation company offering fractional jet ownership, jet card programs, aircraft leasing, and a Red Label dedicated crewing model.
- Inertial Airline Services INC
- Nextant Aerospace LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 8 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 4 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center examiners.
- Paul Richard Mannion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mentor, OH (19 nm) · (440) 477-1192 · [email protected]
- Stuart Thomas Cory private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Medina, OH (23 nm) · (330) 421-5902 · [email protected]
- Timothy Palcho private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kent State University Airport · Stow, OH (23 nm) · (330) 256-5132 · [email protected]
- Shannon Ruth Rote private pilot, sport pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Doylestown, OH (33 nm) · (330) 322-7679 · [email protected]
- Martha Anne Gabriel Crum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Akron Fulton Airport, KAKR · Akron, OH (38 nm) · (585) 727-0215 · [email protected]
- David Alan Ciraci private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Canton, OH (44 nm) · (330) 495-7275 · [email protected]
- Jedd Brian Sprunger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dalton, OH (45 nm) · (330) 466-0279 · [email protected]
All 34 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cleveland 391 aircraft · 352 business jets, 22 piston singles, 6 helicopters
- Flexjet LLC 110 aircraft in town
- Flight Options LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Pg Square LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Metrohealth System 3 aircraft in town
- Flexjet, LLC 332 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aitheras Aviation Group LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flight Options LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Neo Helicopter Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Ati Aviation Services LLC · repair station
- Certified Aircraft Maintenance LLC · repair station
- Constant Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Eaton Corporation · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 4 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Oakland County International (PTK) 4 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 3 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 2 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 2 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Chicago Midway International (MDW) 2 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc.
- Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field (MKC) 2 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 2 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 246 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,530 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BKL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.