Blair Executive
BTA · KBTA · Blair, Nebraska · Washington County · map
Blair Executive is a public-use airport owned by Blair Airport Auth, 7 miles south of Blair, Nebraska, 1,318 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,201 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 68 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 20,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Blair Executive?
Its FAA code is BTA, and its ICAO code is KBTA.
Where is Blair Executive?
It is 7 miles south of Blair, Nebraska, 1,318 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Blair Executive?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,201 feet long, concrete.
Does Blair Executive have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Blair Executive?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Blair Executive?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Oracle Aviation LLC and Omaha Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Blair Executive?
4 pilot examiners and 11 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 Blair Executive…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTA · ICAO KBTA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Blair Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 1,318 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,201 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 53 ft high 1,928 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.875 | |
| Bta and aWOS-3 | 120.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 402-426-0448.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Eppley Airfield (12 nm southeast), Millard Airport (13 nm south), Council Bluffs Municipal (18 nm southeast).
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 Nebraska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959.
- Glider activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; PAPI runways 13 and 31, and runway end identifier lights runway 31-CTAF.
- Surveyed
- City administrator
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 48 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 4 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 20,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,800 |
| general aviation, local | 18,200 |
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 Blair from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Blair, Nebraska: 17 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
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:
- Oracle Aviation LLC 25 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away Oracle Aviation is a full-service FBO and FAA-certified flight school operating at Millard Airport in Omaha, Nebraska and Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa.
- Omaha Soaring Club INC 4 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away The Omaha Soaring Club is a flying club based at Blair Executive Airport in Nebraska that offers glider soaring flights and pilot training.
- Skyhawk Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away Skyhawk Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club founded in 1971, based at Omaha/Millard Municipal Airport (KMLE) in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Midwest Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away
- Pac Hollow Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away
- Rock N Roll Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away
- Skylane Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Omaha, 14 miles away Skyhawk Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club founded in 1971, based at Omaha/Millard Municipal Airport in Omaha, Nebraska.
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Daniel Lee Kelley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Blair Airport Terminal · Blair, NE (0 nm) · (713) 703-8478 · [email protected]
- Jeffery Joseph Counter private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oracle Aviation · omaha, NE (12 nm) · (402) 305-2658 · [email protected]
- Timothy John Saddler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oracle Aviation · Omaha, NE (12 nm) · (402) 650-1633 · [email protected]
- Jeremy Charles Strack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Ignite Flight Academy · Lincoln, NE (45 nm) · (402) 419-4434 · [email protected]
All 21 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 5 since 1982, 2 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 Blair 23 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 turboprops
- Oracle Aviation LLC 25 aircraft · flight school
- Omaha Soaring Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Skyhawk Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,944 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTA.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 26, 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.