Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 (CBD) of Burlington

Burlington, North Carolina

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, a city in Alamance County

Alamance County, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, USA

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. This general aviation

General aviation

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 airport covers 340 acres (138 ha) and has one runway

Runway

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.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport is assigned BUY by the FAA and has no designation from the IATA (which assigned BUY to Bunbury, Western Australia

Bunbury, Western Australia

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, Australia

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). The airport's ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

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 identifier is KBUY.

Burlington-Alamance is a small airport, serving small planes like Cessna

Cessna

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s and rebuilt Mustang

Cessna Citation Mustang

|-Operators:The aircraft is operated by private individuals, companies and executive charter operators. A number of companies also use the aircraft as part of fractional ownership programs.-See also:-External links:* * * * .* * * *...

s. It also has a pilot training school. There is no charge for landing or taking off at the airport; it makes money through the sale of fuel, and hangar space.

On September 18, 2008, it was announced that the one runway at Burlington-Alamance, runway 6/24, will be extended from 5,000 feet to 6,400 feet. The main reason for the runway extension is to connect the airport to the new Honda Aero headquarters and manufacturing plant. Construction should be complete in 2010 or 2011.

External links

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