Buffalo Municipal
CFE · KCFE · Buffalo, Minnesota · Wright County · map
Buffalo Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Buffalo, 2 miles southeast of Buffalo, Minnesota, 968 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KCFE · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the west (260°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 5 miles
- Weather: light rain, haze
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.75 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 KCFE 061935Z AUTO 26008KT 5SM -RA HZ CLR 26/12 A2975 RMK AO2
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 CFE · ICAO KCFE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Buffalo
- Elevation
- 968 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1966
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 27 ft high 609 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.5 | |
| Cfe and aWOS-3PT | 120.45 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis approach and Flight Service. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 763-684-0762.
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
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Buffalo, Minnesota: 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 1 piston twin. 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 Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Ultralight traffic on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset on low intst sunset to sunrise, to incr intst and activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel avail 24 hours west credit card.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis approach and Flight Service.
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.