Regulations and Government
Cleveland Explores Shuttering Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland has begun economic and land use studies to determine the impact of closing the 76-year-old Burke Lakefront Airport.
Approach to Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
A fixture of Cleveland's Lake Erie waterfront for more than three-quarters of a century, Burke Lakefront Airport's days may be numbered, based on recent studies commissioned by the city. (Photo: GRALISTAIR, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

The city of Cleveland is exploring the possible closure of Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL), having commissioned two separate studies to determine the economic impact and land-use options for the property on the shores of Lake Erie. According to AOPA, the airport is grant obligated, having received $20 million in FAA airport improvement grants since 2005, with most recent funding coming in 2013. That should extend the city’s obligation to operate the airport for at least another decade.

In a letter to Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb, the general aviation pilot organization expressed its concerns over the closure discussion and requested that the city include aviation stakeholders in the process, as well as keep the studies transparent to the taxpayers of Cleveland and airport users.

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