Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM) in Mobile, Alabama
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Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM)
- General
- Type: Airport, Status: Operational, Acivation Date: 04/01/1940, Runways: 2, Land Area Covered By Airport: 1616 acres, Ownership: Publicly owned, Facility Use: Open to public, Site Number: 00437.*A, Location ID: BFM, Region: Southern, District Office: JAN, Unicom Frequency: 122.950 MHz, Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF): 118.800 MHz, Aeronautical sectional chart: New Orleans, Tie-In FSS: No, Tie-In FSS ID: ANB, Tie-In FSS Name: Anniston, Tie-In FSS Toll-Free Number: 1-800-WX-BRIEF, Elevation: 26 ft, Elevation determination method: Surveyed, Elevation Source: NGS (2007-08-03), Air traffic control tower: Yes, Boundary ARTCC (FAA) computer ID: ZCH, Boundary ARTCC ID: ZHU, Boundary ARTCC Name: Houston, Airspace Determination: Not Analyzed, Certification Type & Date: IV A U 01/1980, Federal Agreements: NGPY, NOTAM Service: Yes, NOTAM Facility ID: BFM, Last Inspection Date: 11/04/2014, Inspection Group: FAA airports field personnel, Inspection Method: Federal
- Location
- State: Alabama, County: Mobile, City: Mobile, GPS (Degrees): Lat: 30° 37' 36.400'', Lng: -88° 04' 05.100'', GPS (Seconds): Lat: 30.626778, Lng: -88.068083, GPS determination method: Estimated, Position Source: NGS (2007-08-03), Distance from central business district: 3 mi (S) Find on map
- Owner
- Mobile Airport Authority, 1891-9th St/Brookley Complex, Mobile, Al 36615, 251-438-7334
- Manager
- Thomas G. Hughes, P O Box 88004, Mobile, Al 36608, 251-639-4680
- Operations
- Period: 11/28/2013 - 11/28/2014, Commercial Operations: 1,932, Air Taxi Operations: 4,033, Itinerant Operations: 14,077, Local Operations: 8,278, Military Operations: 44,022
- Aircraft
- Single Engine Aircraft: 24, Multi Engine Aircraft: 5, Jet Engine Aircraft: 5, Helicopters: 1
- Additional
- Fuel Types: 100LLA, Magnetic Variation: 1W (Year 2005), Beacon Color: Clear-green (lighted land airport), Bulk Oxygen Type: High/Low pressure, Lighting Schedule: See Rmk, Beacon Schedule: Ss-Sr, Airframe repair service availability/type: Major, Power Plant repair service availability/type: Major, Customs Airport Of Entry: No, Customs Landing Rights: Yes, Military/civil joint use agreement: Yes, Military Landing Rights: Yes, Non-Commercial Landing Fee: No, Transient storage: HGR,TIE, Wind direction indicator: Y-L, Segmented circle airport marker system: Yes, Other services: CARGO, CHTR, INSTR, RNTL, SALES
- Remarks
- Airspace Determination: PRIOR TO FAA ACT.
Runway 1
- Base End
- Base End ID: 14, True Alignment: 139, Right Traffic Pattern: Yes, Runway Markings Type: Precision instrument, Markings Condition: Good, Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 30° 37' 59.083'', Lng: -88° 04' 47.783'', Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 30.633079, Lng: -88.079940, Physical Elevation: 26 ft, Threshold Crossing Height: 68.0 ft, Glide Path Angle: 0.03 °, Elevation At Touchdown Zone: 26.2 ft, Visual Glide Slope Indicators: P4L, Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL): Yes, Centerline Lights: Yes, Controlling Object Description: TREE, FAA FAR Part 77 Category: Other than utility, Object Clear Slope: 34, Object Height: 39 ft, Object Distance From Runway: 1535.0 ft, Object Offset From Runway: 500R ft, Runway End Gradient: 0.1 (Down), Position Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Elevation Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Touchdown Zone Elevation Source: AVN (04/11/2011)
- Reciprocal End
- Reciprocal End ID: 32, True Alignment: 319, Instrument Landing System (ILS) Type: Instrument landing system, Right Traffic Pattern: No, Runway Markings Type: Precision instrument, Markings Condition: Good, Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 30° 36' 47.513'', Lng: -88° 03' 35.208'', Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 30.613198, Lng: -88.059780, Physical Elevation: 18 ft, Threshold Crossing Height: 71.0 ft, Glide Path Angle: 0.03 °, Elevation At Touchdown Zone: 25.1 ft, Visual Glide Slope Indicators: P4L, Approach Light System: MALSR, Centerline Lights: Yes, Touchdown Lights: Yes, FAA FAR Part 77 Category: PIR, Object Clear Slope: 50, Runway End Gradient: 0.1 (Up), Position Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Elevation Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Touchdown Zone Elevation Source: AVN (04/11/2011)
Runway 2
- Base End
- Base End ID: 18, True Alignment: 180, Right Traffic Pattern: No, Runway Markings Type: Non-precision instrument, Markings Condition: Good, Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 30° 38' 31.179'', Lng: -88° 03' 57.301'', Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 30.641994, Lng: -88.065917, Physical Elevation: 25 ft, Threshold Crossing Height: 64.0 ft, Glide Path Angle: 0.03 °, Elevation At Touchdown Zone: 25.5 ft, Visual Glide Slope Indicators: P4L, Controlling Object Description: POLE, FAA FAR Part 77 Category: D, Object Clear Slope: 30, Object Height: 33 ft, Object Distance From Runway: 1200.0 ft, Object Offset From Runway: 0B ft, Runway End Gradient: 0.0, Position Source: NACO (08/03/2007), Elevation Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Touchdown Zone Elevation Source: AVN (04/11/2011)
- Reciprocal End
- Reciprocal End ID: 36, True Alignment: 360, Right Traffic Pattern: Yes, Runway Markings Type: Non-precision instrument, Markings Condition: Good, Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 30° 37' 13.973'', Lng: -88° 03' 57.250'', Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 30.620548, Lng: -88.065903, Physical Elevation: 25 ft, Threshold Crossing Height: 62.0 ft, Glide Path Angle: 0.03 °, Elevation At Touchdown Zone: 26.0 ft, Visual Glide Slope Indicators: P4L, Controlling Object Description: TREES, FAA FAR Part 77 Category: D, Object Clear Slope: 20, Object Height: 55 ft, Object Distance From Runway: 1300.0 ft, Object Offset From Runway: 400L ft, Runway End Gradient: 0.0, Position Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Elevation Source: NGS (08/03/2007), Touchdown Zone Elevation Source: AVN (07/29/2004)
National Wildlife Strike Incidents
2015-07-21
Time: Day (17:41), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-757-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N786FD, Flight: 746, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 110 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E2015-07-05
Time: Day (08:06), Sky: Overcast, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-757-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N934FD, Flight: 860, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 136 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Struck windshield, Struck nose, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: FLOCK OF BIRDS HIT AT V1/VR. MULTIPLE BIRDS HIT. (DATA ENTRY NOTE: NO REPORTER CONTACT INFO, CHECKING WITH FDX FOR DMG INFO)
2015-04-13
Time: Day (07:43), Sky: Overcast, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: CITATION EXL (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N3444B, Remains Collected: Yes, Remains Sent: No, Runway: 18, Speed: 100 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: Laughing gull, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Struck Fuselage, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: MultipleComments: OPER = FIGG TRANSPORTATION INC SOURCE = TWO xxxx-x (xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx, x-xx-xxxxxx), MOR BFM-xxxx/xx/xx-xxxx
Remarks: ARPT OPS RESPONDED TO BIRDSTRIKE REPT FROM ATCT. OPS COLLECTED REMAINS OF 2 LAUGHING GULLS 1 INTACT, 1 IN 2 PIECES. RWY WAS CLEANED & INSPECTED THEN REOPENED. STRIKE OCCURRED APPROX 1000 FT DOWN RWY. A/C TAXIED TO RAMP W/O INCIDENT. PILOT REPTD TO TWR AFTER INSPECTING A/C THAT THERE WAS NO DMG. BIRDS WERE NOT VISIBLE FROM TWR PRIOR TO STRIKE.
2013-08-08
Remains Collected: Yes, Remains Sent: No, Runway: 32, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Coyote, Size: Large, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7Remarks: NO A/C REPTD STRIKING AN ANIMAL. DAWN.
2013-07-07
Time: Day (17:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: Rain, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-757-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N940FD, Flight: 746, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 115 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Struck windshield, Struck nose, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG. MULTIPLE BLOOD SMEARS ON NOSE OF A/C. SMALL, BROWN, COASTAL BIRDS.
2012-09-27
Time: Day (06:58), Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-727-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N287FE, Flight: 1550, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 140 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - medium, Size: Medium, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG NOTED
2012-08-15
Time: Night (03:40), Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-757-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N924FD, Flight: 1494, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 32, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Killdeer, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: PILOT REPTD BIRD AS KILLDEER. NO DMG NOTED.
2012-08-03
Time: Night (05:34), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-727-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N203FE, Flight: 1550, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG NOTED.
2012-07-24
Time: Night (05:36), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-757-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N949FD, Flight: 1550, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 14, Speed: 122 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - medium, Size: Medium, Strikes/Damages: Struck Fuselage, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DAMAGE NOTED
2012-06-21
Operator: Military, Aircraft: T-1 (Airplane), Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Remains Collected: No, Above Ground: 10 ft, Phase of Flight: Landing, Species: Cliff swallow, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Report Type: BASHComments: SOURCE = BASH NR xxxxxx
2012-06-03
Time: Day (17:45), Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: DC-10-10 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N375FE, Flight: 9007, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 32, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: Unknown bird, Damage: Substantial, Strikes/Damages: Struck & Damaged Engine 3, Engine ingested the bird/ animal, Effect On Flight: None, Out Of Service: 35855 h, Repair Costs: $1000, Other Costs: $37796, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: DMG TO 3 1ST STAGE FAN BLADES IN THE #3 ENGINE AND THE #3 CSD OIL COOLER.
2012-02-14
Time: Day (09:02), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-727-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N493FE, Flight: 1586, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 32, Above Ground: 2000 ft, Speed: 170 knots, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG NOTED.
2012-02-13
Time: Night (22:51), Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-727-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N217FE, Flight: 860, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 32, Above Ground: 400 ft, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck nose, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG NOTED.
2011-09-29
Time: Day (09:41), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Us Coast Guard, Aircraft: CASA CN-235 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: C2305, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 18, Speed: 110 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Unknown bird - small, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck nose, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-EComments: xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx (x/xx/xx UPDATED AIRCRAFT)
Remarks: NO DMG. .
2011-09-04
Time: Day (18:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Fedex Express, Aircraft: B-727-200 (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 3, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N482FE, Flight: 746, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 36, Above Ground: 20 ft, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: Gulls, Size: Medium, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-ERemarks: NO DMG NOTED. PILOT REPTD A FLOCK OF GULLS NEAR THE RWY.
2015 Incidents: 3, 2013 Incidents: 2, 2012 Incidents: 8, 2011 Incidents: 4, 2010 Incidents: 1, 2009 Incidents: 12, 2008 Incidents: 2, 2007 Incidents: 5, 2006 Incidents: 4, 2005 Incidents: 5, 2004 Incidents: 3, 2002 Incidents: 2, 2001 Incidents: 1, 1999 Incidents: 2, 1998 Incidents: 3, 1996 Incidents: 1, 1995 Incidents: 1, 1991 Incidents: 1, 1990 Incidents: 1
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 10 (See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Mobile)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 141 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 141 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
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