# Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM / KBFM)

**Mobile Downtown Airport** (IATA: BFM, ICAO: KBFM) is a medium airport in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,618 ft (2,932 m). In 2025 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BFM / KBFM
- FAA: BFM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 26 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 30.6268, -88.0681
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,618 ft / 2,932 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 4,006 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.mobileairportauthority.com/downtown/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_International_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1941464
- Weather station: KBFM
- Ident: KBFM

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Mobile Downtown Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 9,618 ft / 2,932 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |
| 18/36 | 7,800 ft / 2,377 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00268AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 3,800 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 2,142 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 1,675 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,069 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 44,930 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 11,202 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,807 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 3,038 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 20,637 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 15,117 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 4,006 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 324 mi / 522 km · FedEx Express
- [AFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kafw.md) Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport · United States · 567 mi / 912 km · Amazon Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- MZN [Amazon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amazon-air) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2025) | #2,979 of 3,974 | #784 in North America | #567 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,618 ft / 2,932 m | #1,484 of 29,858 | #307 in North America | #227 in US |
| Elevation | 26 ft / 8 m | =40,781 of 43,403 | =18,423 in North America | =15,110 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 118.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.575 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | ANNISTON RDO | 112.800 |
| TWR | DOWNTOWN TWR | 118.800 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmob.md) Mobile Regional Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [NPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knpa.md) Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field · 48 mi / 78 km
- [BIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbix.md) Keesler Air Force Base · 53 mi / 85 km
- [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · 54 mi / 86 km
- [GPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgpt.md) Gulfport Biloxi International Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [KNDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kndz.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport · 62 mi / 100 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: “Mobile International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile_International_Airport&oldid=1375104463), revision of 15 Sep 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/kbfm/data