Buffalo Niagara International Airport

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Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Tower at Buffalo airport.JPG
Characteristics
ICAO code KBUF
IATA code BUF
Coordinates

42 ° 56 '26 "  N , 78 ° 43' 56"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 '26 "  N , 78 ° 43' 56"  W.
Height above MSL 221 m (725  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 8 miles northeast of Buffalo ,
20 miles southeast of Niagara Falls
Street I90
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening 1926
operator Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
surface 405 ha
Passengers 4,691,532 (2017)
Air freight 32,919 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		87,239 (2017)
Runways
05/23 2690 m × 46 m asphalt
14/32 2183 m × 46 m asphalt

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The Buffalo Niagara International Airport ( IATA code : BUF , ICAO code : KBUF ) is the commercial airport of the American city Buffalo in the US state of New York . The airport should not be confused with Niagara Falls International Airport, 25 km away .

location

Buffalo Niagara International Airport is located about 15 km northeast of downtown Buffalo, partly in the area of Cheektowaga . The address is 4200 Genesee Cheektowaga Street, New York 14225.

Transport links

  • Public transportation: Airport-Downtown-Express (Route 204) of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA).
  • Car or Taxi: The airport is accessible by car via Interstate 90 and Kensington Expy.

history

The airport opened in 1926. From 1959 to 1996 the name of the airport was Greater Buffalo International Airport.

Airport facilities

Airport diagram

Runways

It has two runways , the longer 2690 m in alignment 05/23 and the shorter in alignment 14/32 2183 m.

Traffic figures

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Buffalo (2017)
rank city Passengers airline
01 New York – JFK , New York 0278.040 Delta , JetBlue
02 Baltimore , Maryland 0205,290 Southwest
03 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 0200,350 American , United
04th Atlanta , Georgia 0197.030 Delta,
05 Orlando , Florida 0196.510 Frontier
06th Charlotte , North Carolina 0130,490 American
07th Boston , Massachusetts 0127.050 Delta, JetBlue
08th Chicago – Midway , Illinois 0123,000 Southwest
09 Fort Lauderdale , Florida 0110,720 JetBlue, Southwest
10 Detroit , Michigan 0109,630 delta

Web links

Commons : Buffalo Niagara International Airport  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b About The Airport - Airport History. BuffaloAirport.com, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Buffalo Niagara International. GCR1.com, accessed September 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on October 7, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ Route 204 Airport-Downtown-Express ( Memento from February 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) NFTA
  5. ^ Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Niagara International (BUF). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed October 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Flight Info - Where We Fly. BuffaloAirport.com, accessed October 7, 2018 .