# Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport (BFF / KBFF)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BFF / KBFF
- FAA: BFF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 3,967 ft / 1,209 m
- Coordinates: 41.8740, -103.5960
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,279 ft / 2,523 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches
- Passengers: 42,025 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.flyscottsbluff.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Nebraska_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7988098
- Weather station: KBFF · WMO 72566
- Ident: KBFF

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 8,279 ft / 2,523 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |
| 05/23 | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 068° / 248° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00383AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 17,966 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 15,683 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,692 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 33,468 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 48,253 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,427 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 32,150 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 48,395 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 30,608 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 30,655 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 42,025 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 150 mi / 242 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BFF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 42K (2025) | #2,154 of 3,974 | #493 in North America | #336 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,279 ft / 2,523 m | #2,240 of 29,858 | #498 in North America | #373 in US |
| Elevation | 3,967 ft / 1,209 m | #3,577 of 43,403 | #1,910 in North America | #1,511 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 121.025 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 127.950 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [AIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaia.md) Alliance Municipal Airport · 43 mi / 68 km
- [SNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksny.md) Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field · 62 mi / 100 km
- [CDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcdr.md) Chadron Municipal Airport · 71 mi / 115 km
- [CYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcys.md) Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field · 80 mi / 129 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Western Nebraska Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Nebraska_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363087458), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kbff/data