Boeing Fld/King County International
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Boeing Fld/King County International is a public-use airport owned by King County, 4 miles south of Seattle, Washington, 22 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14R/32L, is 10,007 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBFI · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.17 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am PDT (09:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 700 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am PDT (11:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 3 miles, mist, a broken layer at 700 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBFI 061853Z 32005KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP217 T01610111
TAF KBFI 061727Z 0618/0718 00000KT 6SM BR SCT015 FM061900 33006KT P6SM SCT250 FM070900 VRB03KT 6SM BR SCT007 FM071100 VRB03KT 3SM BR BKN007
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BFI · ICAO KBFI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- King County
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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 · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14R/32L | 10,007 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14L/32R | 3,709 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, 9,120 ft available for landing, fence 12 ft high 240 ft from the end
- Runway 32L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 887 ft, 9,120 ft available for landing, rr 27 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 14L: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 250 ft
- Runway 32R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 375 ft, tree 210 ft high 5,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.75 | Boeing |
| Clearance delivery | 132.4 | Boeing |
| Ground | 121.9 | Boeing |
| Tower Runway 14L/32R | 118.3 | Boeing |
| Tower Runway 14R/32L and all IFR | 120.6 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace · Departure procedure (KENT) 017-079 sea, runway 32; 028-160 sea runway 14 | 119.2 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 223-289 sea, runway 14; 223-301 sea, runway 32 | 120.1 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Cbain Rnav Dp · Departure procedure (NEEDLE) 301-340 sea. Runway 32 | 120.4 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Approach · Class B airspace 080-125 sea, runway 32; 080-125 sea,runway 32 | 125.9 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 126-222 sea, runway 32; 161-222 sea runway 14 | 126.5 | Boeing |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 302-016 sea, runway 32; 316-027 sea, runway 14 | 128.5 | Boeing |
| Bfi and vot | 108.6 | |
| Seattle and rco | 122.5 | Seattle |
| Glasr and star | 123.9 | Boeing |
| Jawbn and star · Olympia and star | 125.6 | Boeing |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 206-658-6435.
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 Seattle from the FAA register
1,397 aircraft are registered to owners in Seattle, Washington: 631 drones, 434 piston singles, 199 airliners and large jets, 37 business jets, 32 turboprops. 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 Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 61 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 14R/32L open dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14L/32R not oper 0600-1500Z++.
- Ltd to use by aircraft up to 12,500 pounds.
- Runway 14L/32R 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.
- Fence/road/poles/railroad tracks within east edge of prim surface.
- Unusable beyond 4 degreess right of runway centerline.
- Approach slope 40:1 to dthld.
- Approach ratio 27:1 from dthld.
- Pattern altitude runway 14L/32R 1000 above sea level; runway 14R/32L 800 above sea level.
- Touch and go landings prohibited 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Bird flocks within airport vicinity. - check local advisories.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
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.