# Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (BQK / KBQK)

**Brunswick Golden Isles Airport** (IATA: BQK, ICAO: KBQK) is a medium airport in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has one runway, 8,001 ft (2,439 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 109 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BQK / KBQK
- FAA: BQK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Brunswick, Georgia, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 26 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 31.2588, -81.4665
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 108,931 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://flygcairports.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_Golden_Isles_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886977
- Weather station: KBQK
- Ident: KBQK

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport opens.
- 5 Apr 1991: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311. 23 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00167AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 65,565 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 69,016 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 71,848 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 72,060 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 80,407 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 81,536 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 38,077 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 71,629 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 68,083 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 68,125 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 85,047 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 108,931 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 239 mi / 384 km · Delta Connection

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 109K (2025) | #1,781 of 3,974 | #401 in North America | #269 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 26 ft / 8 m | =40,888 of 43,403 | =18,461 in North America | =15,128 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.175 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.750 |
| CNTR | JACKSONVILLE CNTR | 126.750 |
| RDO | MACON RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [SSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kssi.md) St Simons Island Airport · 8.6 mi / 14 km
- [JAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjax.md) Jacksonville International Airport · 55 mi / 88 km
- [SVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksvn.md) Hunter Army Air Field · 55 mi / 89 km
- [NRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knrb.md) Naval Station Mayport / Admiral David L McDonald Field · 60 mi / 97 km
- [SAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksav.md) Savannah Hilton Head International Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [CRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrg.md) Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport · 64 mi / 103 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: “Brunswick Golden Isles Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brunswick_Golden_Isles_Airport&oldid=1364156969), revision of 14 Jul 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/kbqk/data