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Bob Hope Airport IATA:
BUR,
ICAO: KBUR,
FAA
LID: BUR) is a
public airport located 3 miles (5 km)
northwest of the
central business district of
Burbank, a city in
Los Angeles County,
California,
United States. It was formerly
known as Angeles Mesa Drive Airport (1928–1930), United
Airport (1930–1934), Union Air Terminal (1934–1940),
Lockheed Air Terminal (1940–1967), Hollywood-Burbank Airport
(1967–1978), Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978–2003) and
most recently Bob Hope Airport (2003–present).
The airport serves the
Los Angeles area including
Glendale,
Pasadena, and the
San Fernando Valley. It
is also closer to Griffith Park
and Hollywood than is
Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX), and is the only airport in the greater
Los Angeles area with a direct rail connection to
downtown Los Angeles.
Non-stop flights from the airport go mostly to destinations within the
western United States but service also includes
Dallas/Fort Worth
and New York City. The airport
covers 610 acres (2.5 km²) and has two
runways. The west end of Runway 8/26
and the north end of Runway 15/33 actually stretch into the City of
Los Angeles.
The airport is owned by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport
Authority, which is controlled by the governments of the three cities in
its name. The Airport Authority contracts with
TBI Airport Management, Inc. to
operate the airport. The airport maintains its own police department,
the
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Police. Boarding uses
airstairs or ramps rather than
jet bridges, unlike most major
airports.
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