# Mercer County Airport (BLF / KBLF)

**Mercer County Airport** (IATA: BLF, ICAO: KBLF) is a medium airport in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It opened in May 1954. It has one runway, 4,743 ft (1,446 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLF / KBLF
- FAA: BLF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bluefield, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: May 1954
- Elevation: 2,857 ft / 871 m
- Coordinates: 37.2958, -81.2077
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,743 ft / 1,446 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_Airport_(West_Virginia) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651607
- Weather station: KBLF
- Ident: KBLF

## Timeline

- May 1954: Mercer County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,743 ft / 1,446 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,743 ft / 1,446 m | #7,558 of 29,858 | #2,854 in North America | #2,348 in US |
| Elevation | 2,857 ft / 871 m | =5,860 of 43,403 | =2,881 in North America | =2,218 in US |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =2,782 in North America | =2,717 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 | 132.725 |
| CNTR | INDIANAPOLIS CNTR | 126.575 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| RDO | ELKINS RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [BKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkw.md) Raleigh County Memorial Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [LWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwb.md) Greenbrier Valley Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [ROA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroa.md) Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [CRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrw.md) Yeager Airport · 77 mi / 124 km
- [TRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktri.md) Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport · 87 mi / 140 km

## 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/kblf/data