Bert Mooney Airport (IATA: BTM, ICAO: KBTM, FAA LID: BTM) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Butte, a city in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. It is owned by the Bert Mooney Airport Authority.
The airport name was changed in 1972 to honor Bert Mooney, an aviator from Butte who was the first to fly mail into Yellowstone National Park in 1935. Prior to this the airport was named Butte Municipal Airport (from its opening in 1926) and Silver Bow County Airport from 1960-1972.
Bert Mooney Airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service facility (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 30,431 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 25,178 enplanements in 2009, and 25,433 in 2010.
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