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{{Short description|Public airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States}}
{{For|the previous military use of this facility|Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox airport
| name              = {{nowrap|Cape Cod Gateway Airport}}
| nativename        = 
| image             = Cape Cod Gateway Airport Logo.png
| image-width       = 125
| image2            = Barnstable Municipal Airport.jpg
| IATA              = HYA
| ICAO              = KHYA
| FAA               = HYA
| type              = Public
| owner             = Town of Barnstable
| operator          =
| city-served       = [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]]
| location          = [[Cape Cod]]
| opened            = {{start date and age|1928|||p=n|br=n}}
| operating_base    = {{ubl|
  | {{nowrap|[[Cape Air]]}}
  | {{nowrap|[[Nantucket Airlines]]}}}}
| elevation-f       = 54.1
| elevation-m       = 16.5
| coordinates       = {{coord|41|40|10|N|070|16|49|W|type:airport|display=inline}}
| website           = {{URL|www.flyhya.com}}
| image_map         = HYA_FAA_Diagram.pdf
| image_mapsize     = 275
| image_map_caption = FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 10
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| r1-number         = 6/24
| r1-length-f       = 5,425
| r1-surface        = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number         = 15/33
| r2-length-f       = 5,253
| r2-surface        = Asphalt
| stat1-header      = Passenger volume (12 months ending May&nbsp;2021)
| stat1-data        = 21,700
| stat2-header      = Scheduled flights (12 months ending May&nbsp;2021)
| stat2-data        = 4,918
| stat3-header      = Aircraft operations (2017)
| stat3-data        = 65,431
| stat4-header      = Based aircraft (2021)
| stat4-data        = 37
| stat-year         =
| footnotes         = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]],<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=HYA|use=PU|own=PU|site=08995.*A}}, effective August 12, 2021.</ref> [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics|BTS]]<ref name="transtats.bts.gov" />
}}

[[File:Cape Air Nantucket Airlines Headquarters.jpg|thumb|[[Cape Air]] headquarters]]

'''Cape Cod Gateway Airport''' {{airport codes|HYA|KHYA|HYA}}, also known as '''Boardman/Polando Field''' and formerly known as '''Barnstable Municipal Airport''', is a public [[airport]] located on [[Cape Cod]], {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} north of the [[central business district]] of [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]], in [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]. This airport is publicly owned by the [[Town of Barnstable]].<ref name=FAA /> 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.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Nantucket's Island Airlines abruptly shuts down |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2015/12/13/nantuckets-island-airlines-abruptly-shuts-down/77264118/ |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=December 13, 2015 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>

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 {{Convert|5000|mi|km|adj=on}} distance.<ref>{{cite news|title='Cape Cod's' Success Climaxes 5 Years [of] Bellanca Records|work=The Sunday Morning Star|location=Wilmington, DE|date=2 August 1931|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19310802&id=pM4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3141,5940038|access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Airisms from the Four Winds - More Atlantic Flights |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931%20-%200828.html |magazine=Flight |page=774 |publisher=flightglobal.com |date=July 31, 1931 |access-date=February 23, 2016 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/barnstable-municipal-airport-rebrands-to-cape-cod-gateway-airport/|title=Barnstable Municipal Airport Rebrands to Cape Cod Gateway Airport|last=Culhane|first=Grady|date=January 7, 2021|website=CapeCod.com}}</ref>
==Facilities==
Barnstable Municipal Airport covers an area of <span style="white-space:nowrap">{{convert|639|acre|km2}}.</span> The airport has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] grooved runways: 6/24 is 5,425 x 150 ft (1,654 x 46 m) and 15/33 is 5,253 x 150 ft (1,601 x 46 m).<ref name="FAA" />

Currently there are [[Cessna 402]] commuter aircraft operated by [[Cape Air]] as well as [[Beechcraft King Air]] 300s operated by [[Rectrix Aviation]] and [[Cessna 208]]s operated by Wiggins Airways in addition to [[Embraer E190]] jets seasonally operated by [[JetBlue Airways]] handled as commercial aircraft.

Other commercial aircraft that have served KHYA in the past include [[Boeing 727]], [[Boeing 737]] and [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] jets as well as [[ATR 42]], [[Beechcraft 99]], [[Beechcraft 1900C]], [[Beechcraft 1900D]], [[Convair 580]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8]], [[Dornier 228]], [[Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante]], [[Fairchild Hiller FH-227]], [[NAMC YS-11]], [[Saab 340]] and [[Short 360]] turboprops, and [[Britten-Norman Islander]], [[Cessna]], [[Douglas DC-3]] and [[Piper Aircraft]] piston-powered airplanes.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Official Airline Guide (OAG) North American Edition flight schedules for Hyannis</ref>

The airport had scheduled passenger jet service as early as 1969 when [[Northeast Airlines]] was operating [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] flights as well as operating service with [[Fairchild Hiller FH-227]] turboprop aircraft with nonstop flights to New York [[Kennedy Airport]] (JFK), [[Boston]] (BOS) and [[Nantucket]] (ACK) plus direct, no change of plane flights to New York [[LaGuardia Airport]].<ref>http://www.departedflights.com/NE060169intro.html, Hyannis flight schedules</ref> Northeast Airlines was then acquired by and merged into [[Delta Air Lines]] which subsequently ceased all service to the airport during the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/DL030173.html|title = Delta Air Lines March 1, 1973 Route Map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/DL102774.html|title = Delta Air Lines October 27, 1974 Route Map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/DL121579.html|title = Delta Air Lines December 15, 1979 Route Map}}</ref>

According to the [[Official Airline Guide]] ([[OAG (company)|OAG]]), regional and small commuter airlines serving the airport with scheduled passenger flights from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s included [[Air New England]], [[Cape Air]], [[Colgan Air]] (later [[Pinnacle Airlines]] and still later [[Endeavor Air]]), [[Continental Express]] (operated by [[Bar Harbor Airlines]] on behalf of [[Continental Airlines]]), the [[Delta Connection]] (operated by [[Business Express]] on behalf of [[Delta Air Lines]]), Eastern Express (operated by [[Bar Harbor Airlines]] on behalf of [[Eastern Airlines]]), Edgartown Air, Express Air, [[Gull Air]], Hyannis Aviation, Island Air, [[Nantucket Airlines]], New York Air Commuter Airlines, [[Northwest Airlink]] (operated by Precision Airlines on behalf of [[Northwest Airlines]]), [[Provincetown-Boston Airlines]] (PBA), [[USAir Express]] and Will's Air with all of these air carriers operating either turboprop or small piston powered aircraft.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, 1975 through 1995 editions of the Official Airline Guide (OAG), Hyannis flight schedules</ref>

In the summer months, the airport traffic increases significantly, commercially and privately, being the main airport for [[Cape Cod]]. The [[fixed-base operator]]s at the airport are [[Rectrix Aviation]], Air Cape Cod, and Griffin Avionics.

==Airlines and destinations==
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{{Airport destination list
| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]],<ref name="AAS25">{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241010-aans25hya|title=AMERICAN AIRLINES EXPANDS CAPE COD SERVICE IN NS25|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=October 10, 2024|accessdate=October 10, 2024}}</ref> [[LaGuardia Airport|New York–LaGuardia]],<ref name="AA">{{cite web|url=https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2023/American-Airlines-adds-more-ways-to-escape-to-the-Cape-and-coves-of-New-England-in-2024-NET-RTS-10/default.aspx|title=American Airlines adds more ways to escape to the Cape and coves of New England in 2024|website=American Airlines Newsroom|date=12 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]],<ref name="AAS25"/> [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]]<ref name="AA"/>
| [[Cape Air]] | [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard]], [[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]]<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cape Air Announces New JFK Service |url=https://www.capeair.com/theme/single-news.html?id=1444 |publisher=Cape Air |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
| [[JetBlue]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]]
| {{nowrap|[[Nantucket Airlines]]}} | [[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard]], [[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket]]
}}

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! Destinations map
|-
|{{Location map+ |USA Northeast |width=1000 |float=center
|caption=All destinations from Cape Cod Gateway Airport
{{font color | red |• Red}} represents year-round destinations. <br />
{{font color | green |• Green}} represents seasonal destinations. <br />
{{font color | blue |• Blue}} represents future destinations. 
|places=
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{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=42.3656132|long=-71.0127929946005|position=left|label='''{{nowrap|[[Logan International Airport|Boston]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=38.851242|long=-77.0436389448177|position=right|label='''{{nowrap|[[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Green pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=40.6413111975452|long=-73.7781391|position=bottom|label='''{{nowrap|[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Green pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=40.7734851975452|long=-73.8855943|position=right|label='''{{nowrap|[[LaGuardia Airport|New York–LaGuardia]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Green pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=41.2569516|long=-70.0670398274787|position=bottom|label='''{{nowrap|[[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=41.388145|long=-70.6171506147648|position=left|label='''{{nowrap|[[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Red pog.svg}} 
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=41.978611|long=-87.904722|position=left|label='''{{nowrap|[[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago-O'Hare]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Blue pog.svg}} 
{{Location map~ |USA Northeast |lat=39.871944|long=-75.241111|position=left|label='''{{nowrap|[[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]]}}'''|label_size=90|marksize=7|mark=Blue pog.svg}}
}}
|}

==Statistics==
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2017, the airport averaged 262 operations per day: 60% [[air taxi]], 31% transient [[general aviation]], 9% local [[general aviation]], <1% [[Commercial aviation|commercial]], and <1% [[Military aviation|military]]. In August 2021, there were 37 aircraft based at this airport: 31 single-engine and 6 multi-engine.<ref name=FAA /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/khya|title=AirNav: KHYA - Barnstable Municipal Airport-Boardman/Polando Field|website=www.airnav.com|access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>

{{Airport-Statistics|iata=HYA}}

===Top destinations===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align=
|+ Busiest domestic routes from HYA (March 2024 – February 2025)<ref name="transtats.bts.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=UlN&Nv42146_anzr=UBn00v5,%20ZN:%20On4056noyr%20Z70vpv2ny-O1n4qzn0/c1yn0q1%20Svryq&pn44vr4=SNPgf|title=Barnstable (Hyannis) Municipal (HYA) Summary Statistics|access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Carriers
|-
| 1
| [[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket, Massachusetts]]
| 6,520
| Cape Air, Nantucket Airlines
|-
| 2
| [[John F. Kennedy|New York–JFK, New York]]
| 6,050
| JetBlue
|-
| 3
| [[LaGuardia|New York–LGA, New York]]
| 5,400
| JetBlue
|-
| 4
| [[Logan International Airport|Boston, Massachusetts]]
| 3,680
| Cape Air
|-
| 5
| [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National, D.C.]]
| 3,610
| American Eagle
|-
| 6
| [[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]]
| 160
| Cape Air, Nantucket Airlines
|}

===Airline market share===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|+'''Largest airlines at HYA (March 2024 – February 2025)'''<ref name="transtats.bts.gov"/>
|-
! Rank
! Airline
! Passengers
! Share
|-
| 1
| [[Republic Airlines]]
| 19,180
| 36.19%
|-
| 2
| [[Cape Air]]
| 17,770
| 33.52%
|-
| 3
| [[JetBlue]]
| 12,430
| 23.44%
|-
| 4
| [[Nantucket Airlines]]
| 3,580
| 6.76%
|}

==Ground transportation==
{{Noref-section|date=January 2023}}
The airport is accessible through [[Massachusetts Route 28|MA Route 28]] or from [[U.S. Route 6|US 6]] through [[Massachusetts Route 132|MA Route 132]]. Barnstable Municipal Airport is also served by local [[taxicabs|taxi]] services as well as four major car rental agencies. The [[Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority]] provides public transportation to and from the airport as part of the "Villager"/ Route 132 line.

==Accidents and incidents==
*[[Air New England Flight 248]]: On the evening of June 17, 1979, a [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] crashed on an ILS approach. All of those on the plane survived with the exception of the pilot, who was killed instantly.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=19790617-0|title=N383EX|accessdate= January 1, 2024}}</ref>
*Dassault Mystere Falcon 900B (unscheduled flight): On March 17, 2000, a [[Dassault Falcon 900]] registered N814M, carrying four people skidded off the Barnstable Municipal Airport runway in icy weather while attempting to land, crashed through a fence, crossed Route 28 and stopped in the middle of the TJ Maxx Plaza, causing serious damage to several cars in the parking lot, as well as leaking fuel, which in turn caused the busy plaza to shut down for the night due to safety concerns.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nolin |first=Lori A. |date=March 18, 2000 |title='It was a miracle' |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2000/03/18/it-was-miracle/51020752007/ |work=[[Cape Cod Times]] |access-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123021946/https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2000/03/18/it-was-miracle/51020752007/ |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref>
*[[Colgan Air Flight 9446]]: On August 26, 2003 a [[Beechcraft 1900|Beech 1900D]] operated by [[Colgan Air]] for [[US Airways Express]] hit the water shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport. Both pilots died.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Update on NTSB Investigations into Recent Beech 1900D Accidents and Incidents |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/Update_on_NTSB_Investigations_into_Recent_Beech_1900D_Accidents_and_Incidents.aspx |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=November 21, 2003 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gouveia |first=Aaron |date=February 13, 2009 |title=Buffalo crash airline had Cape crash in 2003 |work=[[Cape Cod Times]] |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20090213/NEWS11/90213002?template=ampart |url-status=dead |access-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045706/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090213%2FNEWS11%2F90213002%2F-1%2FNEWSMAP |archive-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref>
*On June 18, 2008, a [[Wiggins Airways]] [[DHC-6 Twin Otter]], a cargo flight, crashed after takeoff due to the pilot's failure to remove the flight control lock prior to takeoff. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=20080618-0|title=N656WA|wikibase=no}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Massachusetts]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Cape Cod Gateway Airport}}
*{{Official website|https://flyhya.com/}}
* {{FAA-diagram|00675}}
* {{US-airport|HYA}}

{{MA Airport}}
{{Airports in the Cape and Islands Area}}

[[Category:Airports in Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Barnstable, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1928]]