Boca Raton Airport (IATA: BCT, ICAO: KBCT) is a general aviation airport located in the City of Boca Raton, Florida. The airport is immediately adjacent to Florida Atlantic University and to Interstate-95. It has a control tower which is manned from 0700 to 2300. The airport has two full service fixed base operators, Avitat Boca Raton and Boca Raton Aviation. The Burton D. Morgan School of Aeronautics of Lynn University and a flight training school are located at the airport. The Boca Raton Airport is publicly-owned and is designated as a general aviation transport facility governed by a seven member Authority appointed by the City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County Commission. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search General aviation (abbr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mizner park Boca Raton is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... Florida Atlantic University State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF Florida Atlantic University is a public state university, founded in 1961 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Their first four-year undergraduate program began in 1964, with 867 students. ... Jump to: navigation, search Interstate 95 or (I-95) is an interstate highway that runs 1907 miles (3070 kilometers) north-south along the east coast of the United States. ... Lynn University at a Glance - [1] http://www. ... Location of county in the state of Florida County Seat West Palm Beach, Florida Area  - Total  - Water 6,181 km² (2,386 mi²) 1,068 km² (412 mi²) 17. ...

History

The Boca Raton Airport was established in 1936. When the United States entered World War II the Army Air Corps started establishing training bases throughout Florida. The Corps took over and expanded the Boca Raton airport. Part of the land taken for the air base belonged to Japanese farmers who had originally immigrated to the area as part of the Yamato Colony. The air base eventually covered 5,860 acres, much of the present City of Boca Raton. Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... The Army Air Corps is a vital component of the British Army. ... The Yamato Colony was an attempt to create a community of Japanese farmers in South Florida early in the 20th Century. ...

The Boca Raton air base was used for radar training, for anti-submarine patrols along the Florida coast, and as a stop-over point for planes being ferried to Africa and Europe via South America. It had a troop strength of 16,000 men, with approximately 1,200 civilian workers. By 1945, 100 planes were regularly assigned to the base.

The air base continued to be used for radar training after the end of World War II on a reduced basis. A hurricane caused major damage to the base in 1947, and in 1948 the air base was transfered to the (then) Town of Boca Raton. In the 1950's part of the air base was developed into Florida Atlantic University, and other parts were returned to private ownership and developed. Only 200 acres were retained for airport use.

External links

• Boca Raton Airport Authority
• Information resources for this U.S. airport (IATA: BCT, ICAO: KBCT):
  • AirNav airport information for KBCT
  • FlightAware live airport activity for KBCT
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations for KBCT
  • FAA current flight delay information for BCT