Westfield-Barnes Regional
BAF · KBAF · Westfield/Springfield, Massachusetts · Hampden County · map
Westfield-Barnes Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Westfield, 3 miles north of Westfield/Springfield, Massachusetts, 270 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 9,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BAF · ICAO KBAF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Westfield
- Elevation
- 270 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,029 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm local
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 9,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,325 ft from the end
- Runway 20: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 8,919 ft available for landing, trees 83 ft high 2,950 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 490 ft, 4,510 ft available for landing, trees 48 ft high 1,150 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.075 | Westfield |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Baf and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.1 | Westfield |
| Clearance delivery · Ground When tower closed | 121.7 | Westfield |
| Approach and departure · Deer Park Star · Stela and star arriving from headings 241 to 060 | 125.35 | Westfield |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Westfield |
| Ng and operations | 123.05 | Westfield |
| Deer Park Star arriving from headings 061 to 240 | 123.95 | Westfield |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 413-568-2267.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Westfield/Springfield from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Westfield/Springfield, MA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Prior permission required 24 hour for air carrier operations with more than 9 passenger - amgr.
- Jet aircraft starting units available.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20; runway end identifier lights runway 02; PAPI runway 15; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 33 - continuously.
- Fee for commercial; corporate; aircraft ovr 7500 pounds.
- Pattern altitude 1300 (1029) light aircraft; 1800 (1529) hvy and military aircraft. Expc military ovhd and closed pattern traffic.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1420 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1450 feet).
- Runway 15/33 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- 200 feet ovrn northeast end and southwest end.
- Unusable beyond 4 NM.
- Svr downdraft aer 33 when wind northwest in excess of 15 KT. birds and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway G closed to civil operations.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.