Burlington/Alamance Regional
BUY · KBUY · Burlington, North Carolina · Alamance County · map
Burlington/Alamance Regional is a public-use airport owned by Burlington-Alamance Airport Authori, 3 miles southwest of Burlington, North Carolina, 616 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,406 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KBUY · observed 2:54 pm EDT (18:54 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBUY 061854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP198 T02060072
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 BUY · ICAO KBUY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Burlington-Alamance Airport Authori
- Elevation
- 616 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,406 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,238 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 1,788 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | |
| Buy and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 336-570-9813.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Burlington from the FAA register
72 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, North Carolina: 39 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 9 balloons, 4 piston twins, 3 business jets. 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 North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 oper continuous. High-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 on dusk to dawn, to change intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day.
- 17 feet trees 36 feet to 116 feet from end of runway offset 380 feet right of centerline.
- Deer and waterfowl in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 06, 15 feet DROP-OFF 150 feet from threshold 250 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 24 has unmkd high voltage transmission lines approximately 4000 feet from threshold and both sides of centerline.
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.