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BUR Meaning

BUR Airport Meaning

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BUR Meaning:

BUR stands for Bob Hope Airport


Located in Burbank, California, BUR (Bob Hope Airport) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of BUR's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Bob Hope Airport (BUR) Characteristics:

      City: Burbank
      State: California
      FAA: Bob Hope Airport
      IATA: BUR
      ICAO: KBUR
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


BUR is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding BUR, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

BUR meaning is Bob Hope Airport.

Bob Hope Airport can be abbreviated as BUR.

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