BFF

Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport

ICAO KBFF41.8740°N 103.5960°W3,967 ft / 1,209 mMedium airport
On the map
Western Nebraska Regional Airport - Nebraska
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport (IATA: BFF, ICAO: KBFF) is a medium airport in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,279 ft (2,523 m). In 2025 it handled 42 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
FEB 1944
OpenedWestern Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
12/30136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH8,279 ft2,523 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
05/23068° / 248° · LIT
LENGTH8,002 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
18K
16K
12K
33K
48K
19K
32K
48K
31K
31K
42K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BFF. From the Wikipedia article “Western Nebraska Regional Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers42K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,154of 3,974 · #493 North America · #336 USLongest runway8,279 ft2,523 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,239of 29,823 · #498 North America · #373 USElevation3,967 ft1,209 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#3,573of 43,341 · #1,907 North America · #1,508 USAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · =1,249 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
ASOSASOS121.025
CNTRDENVER CNTR127.950
RDOCOLUMBUS RDO122.600
UNICCTAF/UNICOM123.000