Fairbury Municipal
FBY · KFBY · Fairbury, Nebraska · Jefferson County · map
Fairbury Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Fairbury Airport Authority, 3 miles northeast of Fairbury, Nebraska, 1,479 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,700 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 20 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,200 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FBY · ICAO KFBY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fairbury Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,479 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,700 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 2,487 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Marysville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.4 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,200, 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.
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Aircraft registered in Fairbury from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairbury, Nebraska: 12 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- By required only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel available via credit card system.
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.