Buffalo Municipal
H17 · Buffalo, Missouri · Dallas County · map
Buffalo Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Buffalo, City of, 1 mile north of Buffalo, Missouri, 1,154 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,220 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA H17
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Buffalo, City of
- Elevation
- 1,154 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1952
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,220 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 272 ft, tree 47 ft high 310 ft from the end
- Runway 22: tree 49 ft high 270 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Buffalo from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Buffalo, Missouri: 6 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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 aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and perimeter lights - the common traffic frequency.
- 5 landing direction lights extending northeast.
- Width variance 50-52 feet.
- Runway 04 +1-19 feet trees, fences, 35-200 feet from runway end, L/R.
- Runway 22 +1-35 feet fences, trees and brush 0-200 feet from runway end, L/R.
- Runway 04 approach slp 12:1 to displaced threshold; +1-60 feet trees and tied down aircraft; 0-650 feet from runway end, L and R; displaced threshold 5 feet lwr than runway end.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Insuf runway safety area length beyond each runway end; fences, brush, trees.
- Approach slp 8 to 1 to helipad from northeast; airport beacon 260 feet south of helipad, 5 to 1 approach slp.
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.