# Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR)

> Burbank, US · IATA: BUR · ICAO: KBUR · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BUR` |
| ICAO | `KBUR` |
| City | Burbank |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 237 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 34.19770, -118.35638 |

## Description

Hollywood Burbank Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR) moved just over 72 million pounds of cargo in 2025, roughly 32,700 tonnes — a solid figure for an inner-suburban field with short runways. It lies in the San Fernando Valley, less than twenty kilometres north-west of downtown Los Angeles and on the doorstep of the Burbank and Universal City studios, which makes it attractive for time-critical media, electronics and spare-parts traffic. Both runways stay under about 1,800 metres, so no widebody freighters work here: cargo moves on feeder turboprops and as belly load in narrowbody jets. Ameriflight, the largest US Part 135 cargo operator, flies feeder services out of Burbank for integrators including FedEx, UPS and DHL. The roughly 1.3 billion dollar "Elevate BUR" replacement programme is under construction, with the new passenger terminal due to open in October 2026 and the scope also covering a new air cargo and maintenance facility plus an on-airport access road. For intercontinental shipments, widebody freighter capacity and complex customs work, Los Angeles International (LAX) about 30 kilometres south remains the obvious choice, with Ontario (ONT) some 85 kilometres east — UPS's western air hub — handling heavy parcel volumes. Trucking between the three airports runs on Interstate 5, the I-210 and State Route 134, where rush-hour congestion, not flight time, is the real constraint.

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