# Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL / KBKL)

**Burke Lakefront Airport** (IATA: BKL, ICAO: KBKL) is a medium airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It opened in Apr 1948. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,604 ft (2,013 m). In 2019 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKL / KBKL
- FAA: BKL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Opened: Apr 1948
- Elevation: 584 ft / 178 m
- Coordinates: 41.5175, -81.6833
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,604 ft / 2,013 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 6 departures, 4 arrivals
- Passengers: 25,404 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.burkeairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Burke_Lakefront_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1657006
- Weather station: KBKL
- Ident: KBKL

## Timeline

- Apr 1948: Burke Lakefront Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06L/24R | 6,604 ft / 2,013 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes |
| 06R/24L | 5,197 ft / 1,584 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05370AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 245,831 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 203,634 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 208,775 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,094 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 19,143 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 24,017 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 22,427 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 25,404 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [YIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kyip.md) Willow Run Airport · United States · 107 mi / 173 km · Central Air Southwest
- [LCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klck.md) Rickenbacker International Airport · United States · 135 mi / 217 km · AirNet Express
- [MGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmgy.md) Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport · United States · 188 mi / 303 km · Central Air Southwest
- [AZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kazo.md) Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport · United States · 205 mi / 330 km · Central Air Southwest
- [HAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khao.md) Butler Co Regional Airport - Hogan Field · United States · 211 mi / 339 km · Central Air Southwest

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BKL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- Central Air Southwest · 4
- USC [AirNet Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnet-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2019) | #2,353 of 3,974 | #549 in North America | #376 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,604 ft / 2,013 m | =3,781 of 29,858 | =941 in North America | =718 in US |
| Elevation | 584 ft / 178 m | #25,701 of 43,403 | #12,356 in North America | #10,302 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CLEVELAND APP/DEP | 125.350 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 125.250 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.250 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | LAKEFRONT TWR | 124.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CGF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcgf.md) Cuyahoga County Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [CLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcle.md) Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [AKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kakr.md) Akron Fulton International Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [CAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcak.md) Akron Canton Regional Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [JFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khzy.md) Northeast Ohio Regional Airport · 54 mi / 87 km
- [YNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kyng.md) Youngstown Warren Regional Airport · 55 mi / 89 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Burke_Lakefront_Airport&oldid=1373946391), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkl/data