Cape Cod Gateway Airport

For the previous military use of this facility, see Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis.

Cape Cod Gateway Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Barnstable
ServesHyannis, Massachusetts
LocationCape Cod
Opened1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL54.1 ft / 16.5 m
Coordinates41°40′10″N 070°16′49″W / 41.66944°N 70.28028°W / 41.66944; -70.28028
Websitewww.flyhya.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,425 1,654 Asphalt
15/33 5,253 1,601 Asphalt
Statistics
Passenger volume (12 months ending May 2021)21,700
Scheduled flights (12 months ending May 2021)4,918
Aircraft operations (2017)65,431
Based aircraft (2021)37
Cape Air headquarters

Cape Cod Gateway Airport (IATA: HYA, ICAO: KHYA, FAA LID: HYA), also known as Boardman/Polando Field and formerly known as Barnstable Municipal Airport, is a public airport located on Cape Cod, one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Hyannis, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the Town of Barnstable.[1] It is Cape Cod's major airport as well as an air hub for the Cape and the Islands (Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket). The airport is served by scheduled commercial flights as well as charters and general aviation. Barnstable Municipal Airport served as a hub for Nantucket-based commuter airline Island Airlines until its shutdown in 2015.[3]

The airport was founded in 1928. During World War II it was also known as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis, and both the Navy and Army Air Forces flew antisubmarine patrols from the airport.

It was renamed Barnstable Municipal Airport–Boardman/Polando Field in honor of Massachusetts aviation pioneers Russell Boardman and John Polando in 1981, the first aviators in history to fly non-stop for a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) distance.[4][5]

As of January 1, 2021, the airport has rebranded itself as the Cape Cod Gateway Airport to provide better name recognition to off-Cape users not familiar with the name Barnstable.[6]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for HYA PDF, effective August 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Nantucket's Island Airlines abruptly shuts down". USA Today. Associated Press. December 13, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "'Cape Cod's' Success Climaxes 5 Years [of] Bellanca Records". The Sunday Morning Star. Wilmington, DE. August 2, 1931. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  5. ^ "Airisms from the Four Winds - More Atlantic Flights". Flight. flightglobal.com. July 31, 1931. p. 774. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  6. ^ Culhane, Grady (January 7, 2021). "Barnstable Municipal Airport Rebrands to Cape Cod Gateway Airport". CapeCod.com.