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) and about 60 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 22,350 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Buffalo Municipal?
Its FAA code is CFE, and its ICAO code is KCFE.
Where is Buffalo Municipal?
It is 2 miles southeast of Buffalo, Minnesota, 968 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Buffalo Municipal?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,200 feet long, asphalt.
Does Buffalo Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Buffalo Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Buffalo Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Maple Lake Flyers CORP. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Buffalo Municipal?
7 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Buffalo Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Crystal Airport (22 nm east), St. Cloud Sky Central Airport (25 nm north), Flying Cloud Airport (26 nm southeast), Anoka County/Blaine (Janes Field) (27 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 4 announcements, latest 2023-05 · supplied by Avfuel Corp., VINCI Airports.
SAF supply expanded; 30% SAF blended with 70% traditional jet fuel available.
Sustainable aviation fuel at Buffalo Municipal: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 56 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,350, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 130 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,000 |
| general aviation, local | 11,000 |
| military | 220 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Maple Lake Flyers CORP 1 aircraft · Maple Lake, 9 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Buffalo:
- Nordic Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (8 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
- Steven Leroy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · St. Cloud Aviation/Wright Aero · Saint Cloud, MN (24 nm) · (320) 267-1532 · [email protected]
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (25 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (26 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Barbara Ann Mack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Hangar · Blaine, MN (28 nm) · (612) 554-1233 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (31 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (39 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
All 57 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Buffalo 24 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 1 piston twins
- Centra Sota Cooperative 4 aircraft in town
- Nordic Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Maple Lake Flyers CORP 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CFE.json.
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 27, 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.