Buffalo-Lancaster Regional
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Buffalo-Lancaster Regional is a public-use airport owned by Lancaster Apt INC (Thomas Geles), 12 miles east of Buffalo, New York, 752 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,199 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BQR · ICAO KBQR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Lancaster Apt INC (Thomas Geles)
- Elevation
- 752 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,199 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the right, rr 23 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, rr 25 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.15 |
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Aircraft registered in Buffalo from the FAA register
66 aircraft are registered to owners in Buffalo, New York: 23 piston singles, 19 business jets, 10 drones, 8 helicopters, 2 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 New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 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
- VFR operations only.
- 25 feet rlrd; 215 feet south and parl to runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 09 and 27; PAPIs runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lightss runway 9/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- 9 feet fence, 15 feet tree, 23 feet railroad.
- 9 feet fence, 25 feet railroad.
- Runway 09 PAPI unusable beyond 3 degrees RT of rcl.
- Runway 27 PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees left of rcl.
- 9 feet fence, 15 feet trees.
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.