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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Jack Brooks Regional Airport
| image        = Jack Brooks Regional Airport logo.png
| IATA         = BPT
| ICAO         = KBPT
| FAA          = BPT
| pushpin_map            = USA Texas#USA
| pushpin_relief         = yes
| pushpin_map_caption    =
| pushpin_label          = '''BPT'''
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| type         = Public
| owner        = [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]]
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]] / [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], [[Texas]]
| location     = [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Jefferson County, Texas]]
| elevation-f  = 15
| elevation-m  = 5
| coordinates  = {{Coord|29|57|03|N|094|01|14|W|type:airport|display=inline}}
| website      = {{URL|http://flysetx.com}}
| r1-number    = 12/30
| r1-length-f  = 6,751
| r1-length-m  = 2,058
| r1-surface   = [[Concrete]]
| r2-number    = 16/34
| r2-length-f  = 5,071
| r2-length-m  = 1,546
| r2-surface   = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]/Concrete
| stat-year    = 
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2022)
| stat1-data   = 18,894
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2022)
| stat2-data   = 65
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=BPT|use=PU|own=PU|site=23416.*A}}, effective July 13, 2023.</ref>
}}
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'''Jack Brooks Regional Airport''' {{airport codes|BPT|KBPT|BPT}}, formerly '''Southeast Texas Regional Airport''', is near [[Port Arthur, Texas]], {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast of [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]] and northeast of Port Arthur. It was '''[[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]] [[Airport]]''', but its name was changed to honor former U.S. Representative [[Jack Brooks (American politician)|Jack Brooks]] (D - Beaumont). The airport is southwest of the city of [[Nederland, Texas|Nederland]] in unincorporated Jefferson County, and is used for [[general aviation]].  [[Southwest Airlines]] ended scheduled jet service in 1980 and several other airlines have started and ended service as well including American Eagle, Continental, Delta/Delta Connection, and United Express. The latest chapter is the resumption of service by [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] for [[American Airlines]] to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/flashback-fridays-southwest-airlines-tiniest-airport |title=Blog &#124; Nuts About Southwest |access-date=2013-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517132237/https://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/flashback-fridays-southwest-airlines-tiniest-airport |archive-date=2013-05-17 }}</ref>

==Facilities==
The Jack Brooks Regional Airport covers {{convert|1799|acre|ha|0}} and has two paved [[runway]]s: 12/30 is {{convert|6,751|x|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} and 16/34 is {{convert|5,071|x|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=FAA />

In the year ending December 31, 2022, the Jack Brooks Regional Airport had 18,894 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 84% [[general aviation]], 9% [[air taxi]], 5% military, and 2% airline. At that time, 65 aircraft were based at this airport: 41 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 14 jet aircraft and 4 [[helicopter]]s.<ref name=FAA />

==Airlines and destinations: past & present==
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[[United Express]] ([[Colgan Air]]) [[Saab 340]] turboprops flew to Houston (IAH) until July 1, 2012, when the airport lost all scheduled passenger air service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/Small-airports-struggle-as-major-carriers-pull-3885302.php|title=Small airports struggle as major carriers pull back|last=Collier|first=Kiah|date=2012-09-22|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2019-06-10|df=mdy-all}}</ref> United Express then ran bus service to [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]].

[[American Airlines]] announced their [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] affiliate would again serve the airport effective February 14, 2013, with flights to Dallas/Fort Worth. The American Eagle service is currently operated by [[SkyWest]] on behalf of American with [[Bombardier CRJ700]] regional jets.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KBPT | title=BPT Jack Brooks RGNL Airport (BPT/KBPT) }}</ref>

===Past airline service===

Soon after the Jack Brooks Regional airport was built, BPT was a stop on the Houston-New Orleans route operated by [[Eastern Airlines]] which then ended its mainline service in 1966. [[Chicago and Southern Air Lines]] arrived in 1947, and successor [[Delta Air Lines]] operated mainline jet service into Beaumont/Port Arthur until 1979.

[[Trans-Texas Airways]] (TTa) and successor [[Texas International Airlines]] served the Beaumont/Port Arthur area for over 30 years. In the fall of 1949 Houston-based TTa was operating three roundtrip [[Douglas DC-3]] flights a day on a routing of Houston [[Hobby Airport]] - Galveston - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Lufkin, TX - Palestine, TX - [[Dallas Love Field]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nov. 1, 1949 Trans-Texas timetable |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> [[Eastern Air Lines]] [[Convair 440]]s, [[Lockheed Constellation]]s and [[Martin 4-0-4]]s flew to Houston/Hobby Airport and direct to Baton Rouge and New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dec. 1, 1958 Eastern timetable |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> Some Eastern flights continued on to Atlanta; Newark, Boston, Corpus Christi and Brownsville.<ref>timetableimages.com, Eastern January 7, 1950 timetable</ref>  [[Delta Air Lines]] began [[Convair 440]] service in the 1950s flying a Houston [[Hobby Airport]], TX - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Shreveport, LA - Little Rock, AR - Memphis, TN - St. Louis, MO - Chicago [[Midway Airport]], IL routing.<ref>timetableimages.com, Delta August 1, 1958 timetable</ref> Delta inherited the Houston - Chicago route when it merged with [[Chicago & Southern Airlines]] with this air carrier operating [[Douglas DC-3]]s into Beaumont beginning in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oct. 1, 1950 Chicago Southern timetable |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref>

Six airlines have flown jets to BPT. In the fall of 1966, [[Trans-Texas Airways]] (TTa) was operating one daily [[Douglas DC-9-10]] jet flight to Houston [[Hobby Airport]] with propeller aircraft flights also being operated to destinations in Texas and Louisiana including Austin, Dallas [[Dallas Love Field|Love Field]], Houston Hobby Airport, El Paso, New Orleans, and San Antonio by the airline's [[Convair 600]] turboprops as well as by [[Convair 240]] and [[Douglas DC-3]] prop aircraft with a total of 17 TTa departures every weekday from the airport.<ref>https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/tt66/tt66-03.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref>  In the summer of 1968, Trans-Texas was operating three daily DC-9 jet flights from BPT with two nonstops to Houston Hobby Airport and one nonstop to Dallas Love Field with all other flights being operated by Convair 600 turboprops with a total of 15 TTa departures every weekday from BPT.<ref>https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt68/tt68-04.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref>  By spring 1969, [[Delta Air Lines]] had introduced [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] jet service with two daily flights, one operating an east and northbound routing of Houston - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Shreveport - Atlanta - [[New York Newark Airport]] and the other flight operating a south and westbound routing of [[New York Kennedy Airport]] - Atlanta - Shreveport - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Houston.<ref>https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/dl/dl69/dl69-09.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/dl/dl69/dl69-04.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref>  [[Trans-Texas Airways]] subsequently changed its name to [[Texas International Airlines]] which in turn continued to operate [[Douglas DC-9-10]] jets as well as [[Convair 600]] turboprops to Houston, Dallas, and other destinations. According to the February 1, 1976 [[Official Airline Guide]] (OAG), Texas International was operating direct DC-9 jet service from Los Angeles ([[LAX]]) to Beaumont/Port Arthur via five stops en route including Albuquerque, Roswell, Midland/Odessa, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston.<ref name="OAG">February 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide, North American edition</ref> This same OAG also lists daily direct DC-9 jet service operated by Texas International from New Orleans via a stop in Lafayette, Louisiana, as well as a daily [[Boeing 727-200]] jet flight operated by Delta flying a [[New York LaGuardia Airport]] - Atlanta - Shreveport - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Houston service.<ref name="OAG"/>

Texas International was then merged into [[Continental Airlines]] which in turn continued operating jet service into the airport. In 1979, [[Southwest Airlines]] was operating four [[Boeing 737-200]] flights a day nonstop to [[Dallas Love Field]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide |url=http://www.departedflights.com/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.departedflights.com}}</ref> In July 1983, Continental was flying [[Boeing 727-100]]s and [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]]s nonstop to Houston (IAH).<ref>departedflights.com, July 1, 1983 Official Airline Guide</ref> During the mid-1970s, [[Delta Air Lines]] was operating [[Boeing 727-200]]s as well as [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]]s nonstop to Houston (IAH) and Shreveport as well as direct to Atlanta.<ref name="OAG" /> [[Delta Connection]], operated by [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] (ASA), flew [[Canadair CRJ-200]]s to Atlanta and [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]]s to Dallas/Fort Worth, with the latter service ending when Delta closed their DFW hub in early 2005. [[ExpressJet]] operating as [[Continental Express]] flew [[Embraer ERJ-145]]s to Houston (IAH). [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] also served the airport with [[Convair 580]]s followed by [[Saab 340]]s nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) for [[American Airlines]]. [[USAir Express]] [[Beechcraft 1900C]]s flew nonstop to New Orleans for [[USAir]].<ref>departedflights.com, April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide</ref>

Commuter airlines serving Beaumont/Port Arthur included [[Metro Airlines]] with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]s and [[Short 330]]s nonstop to Houston (IAH) and [[Short 330]]s nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), [[Royale Airlines]] [[Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante]]s nonstop to Houston (IAH) and direct to New Orleans, Air Texana with nonstop [[Beechcraft]] flights to Houston [[Hobby Airport]] (HOU) and [[Dallas Love Field]] (DAL) as well as nonstop [[Douglas DC-3]]s to New Orleans, and [[Conquest Airlines]] [[Beechcraft 1900C]]s and [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]]s nonstop to Austin and [[Dallas Love Field]]. Conquest Airlines was based in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area before moving its headquarters to Austin where it started a hub.

In early 1985, the Jack Brooks Regional airport did not have jet service but was served by four different airlines operating a combined total of 41 flights every weekday into BPT.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/BPT85intro.html|title = BPT85intro}}</ref> Most of these flights were nonstops from the Houston area with Metro Airlines operating [[code sharing]] service as [[Eastern Express]] on behalf of [[Eastern Airlines]] with eleven flights every weekday from [[Houston Intercontinental Airport]] flown with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter aircraft while Royale Airlines was operating code sharing service as [[Continental Express]] on behalf of [[Continental Airlines]] with nine flights every weekday operated with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante commuter aircraft also from Houston Intercontinental for a total of 20 flights a day from IAH.<ref name="BPT85p1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/BPT85p1.html|title = BPT85p1}}</ref> At this same time, commuter air carrier Texas Airlines was operating seven nonstop flights every weekday from Houston [[Hobby Airport]] with small twin prop [[Piper Aircraft]] while [[Metroflight Airlines]] operating code sharing service as [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] on behalf of [[American Airlines]] was operating four flights every weekday nonstop from [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] with [[Convair 580]] turboprops, the largest aircraft serving BPT at this time.<ref name="BPT85p1"/> By early 1987, [[Rio Airways]] was operating "TranStar SkyLink" code sharing service with [[Beechcraft 1900C]] commuter propjets on behalf of [[TranStar Airlines]] (formerly [[Muse Air]]) with 10 nonstop flights operated every weekday to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) where connections were available to TranStar jet service.<ref>https://departedflights2.com/muse-air-transtar-airlines-1981-1987/, pages 182 & 184</ref>

==Airline and destination==
{{Airport destination list
| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kiiitv.com/story/19901208/american-airlines-returning-to-jack-brooks-regional-airport |title=American Airlines returning to Jack Brooks Regional Airport - KiiiTV.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend |access-date=2012-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041648/http://www.kiiitv.com/story/19901208/american-airlines-returning-to-jack-brooks-regional-airport |archive-date=2016-03-05 }}</ref>
}}
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==Hurricane Rita==
On September 24, 2005, [[Hurricane Rita]] hit the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. The then-named Southeast Texas Regional Airport passenger terminal had to be shut down with the airport authority then using the old terminal on a temporary basis. The renovated terminal reopened in May 2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Southeast Texas Regional Airport prepares to open refurbished terminal|date=7 May 2009|url=http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Southeast-Texas-Regional-Airport-prepares-to-open-746864.php|newspaper=Beaumont Enterprise|access-date=5 September 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112144/http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Southeast-Texas-Regional-Airport-prepares-to-open-746864.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> after several delays.

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas|Aviation}}
* [[List of airports in Texas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://flysetx.com Jack Brooks Regional Airport], official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716233721/http://www.co.jefferson.tx.us/setra/frames.htm Southeast Texas Regional Airport], legacy web site
* {{FAA-diagram|00521}}
* {{FAA-procedures|BPT}}
* {{US-airport|BPT}}
{{Beaumont, Texas}}
{{Port Arthur, Texas}}

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