Burns Municipal Airport is east of Burns, in Harney County, Oregon. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011âÂÂ2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
By 1929 an airport had been established at Burns. In 1934, the Civil Works Administration awarded $5,000 to build a new airport. In 1942, the City of Burns purchased for a new airport. The new airport was built by the Civil Aeronautics Administration at a cost of $570,000, which had two runways of . During World War II, a squadron of P-38 Lightning were stationed at the Burns Airport.
West Coast DC-3s landed at Burns from 1959 until early 1967.
Burns Municipal Airport covers 825 acres (334 ha) at an elevation of 4,148 feet (1,264 m). It has two runways: 12/30 is 5,101 by 75 feet (1,555 x 23 m) concrete; 3/21 is 4,600 by 60 feet (1,402 x 18 m) concrete. The United States Bureau of Land Management operates a SEAT Base from the airport for fighting wildfires.
In the year ending September 10, 2018, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, average 22 per day: 84% general aviation, 15% air taxi, and 1% military. 13 aircraft were then based at the airport: all single-engine.
The airport is home to the Burns Interagency Fire Zone (BIFZ), fire aviation base, supporting initial attack helicopters and single engine air tankers (SEATS).