Burley Municipal
BYI · KBYI · Burley, Idaho · Cassia County · map
Burley Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Burley, 1 mile northeast of Burley, Idaho, 4,154 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 4,092 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBYI · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBYI 061953Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM CLR 26/03 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP181 T02560028
TAF KBYI 061720Z 0618/0718 29008KT P6SM FEW200 FM070200 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
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 BYI · ICAO KBYI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Burley
- Elevation
- 4,154 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to April, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to April, weekends, on call only 208 to 678 to 11:18 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,092 × 80 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,072 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 02: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 626 ft, road 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 305 ft, stack 100 ft high 2,100 ft from the end
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 796 ft, rr 27 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 24: VASI, two boxes on the right, threshold displaced 115 ft, tree 32 ft high 735 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.7 | |
| Burley and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.05 | |
| Byi and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.575 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 208-677-3604.
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Aircraft registered in Burley from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Burley, Idaho: 15 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 1 gyroplane. 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 Idaho.
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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Birds in the vicinity of all runways; especially aer 20 and aer 24.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 06/24 - the common traffic frequency (3 clicks to turn on). VASI runway 02 and 24 operates continuously.
- Aerial photography
- 7 feet fence 630 feet from thld on centerline; 27 feet rlrd 680 feet from thld on centerline; 15 feet rlrd sgl 660 feet from thld and 140 feet R.
- 23 feet rail road 175 feet on centerline; +8 feet fence 0 feet from threshold 80 feet R.
- 27 FT' rlrd 680 feet from displaced threshold 17:1.
- 23 feet rlrd 935 feet on centerline from displaced threshold 31:1.
- Runway 20 120 feet steam stacks 2800 feet north runway 20, slp 31:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 02 and 06; nmrs close in obstructions. 23 feet high rail road box cars may be prkd on trks off end of runway 02 and 06.
- Marked helipad on ramp in front of life flight building.
- Agricultural activity on and in the vicinity of all runways APR-OCT.
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.