# Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW / KBBW)

**Broken Bow Municipal Airport** (IATA: BBW, ICAO: KBBW) is a small airport in Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 4,203 ft (1,281 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BBW / KBBW
- FAA: BBW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 2,546 ft / 776 m
- Coordinates: 41.4365, -99.6422
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,203 ft / 1,281 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Bow_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3888108
- Weather station: KBBW
- Ident: KBBW

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Broken Bow Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 4,203 ft / 1,281 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 149° / 329° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,203 ft / 1,281 m | =8,977 of 29,858 | =3,430 in North America | =2,837 in US |
| Elevation | 2,546 ft / 776 m | #6,785 of 43,403 | #3,217 in North America | #2,476 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.000 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 132.700 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbbw/data