Broken Bow Muni/Keith Glaze Field
BBW · KBBW · Broken Bow, Nebraska · Custer County · map
Broken Bow Muni/Keith Glaze Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles north of Broken Bow, Nebraska, 2,546 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,203 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BBW · ICAO KBBW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,546 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,203 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 21 ft high 620 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bbw and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.0 | |
| Grand Island West Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 308-870-8247.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Broken Bow from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Broken Bow, Nebraska: 13 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 2 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
- Courtesy cars available.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self serv fuel available via credit card system for 100LL.
- Jet a available by prior arrangement.
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.