North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field
LBF · KLBF · North Platte, Nebraska · Lincoln County · map
North Platte Rgnl/Lee Bird Field is a public-use airport owned by North Platte Airport Auth, 3 miles east of North Platte, Nebraska, 2,777 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 8,001 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 37 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 25,050 takeoffs and landings a year. About 16,528 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLBF · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 92°F (33°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:35 pm CDT (17:35 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLBF 062153Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 33/05 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP109 T03330050
TAF KLBF 061735Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071400 01011KT P6SM SCT250
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 LBF · ICAO KLBF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- North Platte Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 2,777 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,436 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 17: 4,135 ft available for landing, road 21 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 35: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 301 ft, 4,135 ft available for landing, tree 27 ft high 675 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Lbf and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.425 | |
| North Platte Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.7 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 308-220-0580.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,050, 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.
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 North Platte from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in North Platte, Nebraska: 34 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 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
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; PAPI runway 12 and 30; VASI runway 35; approach lights (MALSR) runway 30 and runway end identifier lights runway 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- All cat D aircraft (with spds of 141-166 kts) operating on runway 12/30 must mntn a pattern altitude of 1500 feet when in the traffic pattern.
- Runway 35 approach ratio 36:1 to displaced thld.
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.