Buffalo Niagara International
BUF · KBUF · Buffalo, New York · Erie County · map
Buffalo Niagara International is a public-use airport, 5 miles east of Buffalo, New York, 727 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 8,829 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 28 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 71,680 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,453,933 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBUF · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 15,000 feet, a few clouds at 27,900 feet
- Temperature 55°F (13°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:30 pm EDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 30, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 14,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBUF 062154Z 23007KT 10SM FEW150 FEW279 13/03 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01280028 $
TAF KBUF 061730Z 0618/0718 23008KT P6SM SKC FM070000 17004KT P6SM SKC FM070600 20007KT P6SM FEW250 FM071200 20011G20KT P6SM SCT250 FM071600 23015G30KT P6SM BKN140
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 BUF · ICAO KBUF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 727 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- 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
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 8,829 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 7,161 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 535 ft, 7,569 ft available for landing, building 21 ft high 413 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 725 ft, 7,569 ft available for landing, tree 29 ft high 1,155 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 320 ft, 6,121 ft available for landing, tree 31 ft high 608 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 720 ft, 6,121 ft available for landing, sign 14 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Digital ATIS | 135.35 | Buffalo |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 124.7 | Buffalo |
| Ground | 133.2 | Buffalo |
| Tower | 120.5 | Buffalo |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (IROME) · Terminal radar service | 121.0 | Erie |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Departure procedure (JAPNO) · Approach (secondary) | 126.05 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 053 to 233 | 126.15 | Buffalo |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (HUVAK) arriving from headings 234 to 052 | 126.5 | Buffalo |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Buffalo |
| Buf and vot | 109.0 | |
| Buffalo and rco | 122.2 | Buffalo |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 716-587-0517.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 71,680, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 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 · 15 since 1982, 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index D equipment coverage provided.
- Runway 05 has +3 feet pole light pole 59 feet from runway end, 497 feet right.
- +7 feet obstruction lighted fence, 0 feet from runway end, 480 feet left.
- Runway 05 approach slope 45:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 14 approach slope 29:1 to displaced thld.
- Heavy concentration of gulls; blackbirds and starlings up to 5000 feet on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway a southwest runup area/hldg bay marked design group 3 aircraft (generally B737 A321 or smaller) unavailable design group 4 (incl but not ltd to B757 767).
- Taxiway 'K1' closed 9:00 pm to 8:00 am daily.
- Taxiway P between approach end runway 14 and taxiway P2 closed to aircraft wingspan more than 117 feet.
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.