BUF

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

ICAO KBUF42.9405°N 78.7322°W727 ft / 222 mLarge airport
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Buffalo Niagara International Airport (IATA: BUF, ICAO: KBUF) is a large airport in Buffalo, New York, United States. It opened in 1926. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,829 ft (2,691 m). In 2025 it handled 5.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1926–2009
1926
OpenedBuffalo Niagara International Airport opens.
12 FEB 2009
DisasterColgan Air Flight 3407.50 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Buffalo-Niagara International Airport - Main Terminal
05/23044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH8,829 ft2,691 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32127° / 307° · LIT
LENGTH7,161 ft2,183 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
4.7M
4.7M
4.6M
4.7M
5.1M
4.9M
1.4M
2.9M
4.0M
4.6M
5.0M
5.1M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

31 destinations · 3 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 240 mi / 387 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 278 mi / 448 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 281 mi / 453 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 284 mi / 457 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 291 mi / 469 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 296 mi / 476 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 301 mi / 484 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 395 mi / 635 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 472 mi / 760 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 547 mi / 880 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 713 mi / 1,147 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,013 mi / 1,630 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 1,056 mi / 1,699 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,146 mi / 1,845 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,168 mi / 1,880 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,211 mi / 1,949 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,356 mi / 2,182 kmSJU · Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 1,849 mi / 2,976 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 488 mi / 785 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 733 mi / 1,179 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,188 mi / 1,912 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 2,213 mi / 3,561 kmELM · Elmira Corning Regional Airport · 108 mi / 174 kmSYR · Syracuse Hancock International Airport · 133 mi / 214 kmBGM · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field · 149 mi / 240 kmYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 224 mi / 360 kmPBG · Plattsburgh International Airport · 288 mi / 463 kmBDL · Bradley International Airport · 316 mi / 508 kmIND · Indianapolis International Airport · 451 mi / 726 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 493 mi / 794 kmMEM · Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 813 mi / 1,308 kmLAXSJUDENDFWMIATPAMEMMSPATLCLTSDFORDINDBOSJFKDCAPBGDTWSYRRDUPHLYOWBGMRSWMCOBDLFLLELMBUF
Year-round18
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines387 km240 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle448 km278 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines453 km281 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express457 km284 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle469 km291 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle476 km296 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, JetBlue Airways484 km301 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, JetBlue Airways635 km395 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines760 km472 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines880 km547 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,147 km713 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways1,630 km1,013 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,699 km1,056 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,845 km1,146 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,880 km1,168 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,949 km1,211 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,182 km1,356 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · JetBlue Airways2,976 km1,849 mi
Cargo11
ELMElmira Corning Regional AirportUnited States · Ameriflight174 km108 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines, FedEx Express214 km133 miBGMGreater Binghamton/Edwin A Link fieldUnited States · Ameriflight240 km149 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · FedEx Express360 km224 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines448 km278 miPBGPlattsburgh International AirportUnited States · Ameriflight463 km288 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines508 km316 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express726 km451 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines785 km488 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines794 km493 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express1,308 km813 mi
Most destinationsJetBlue Airways 7American Eagle 6Frontier Airlines 6UPS Airlines 5FedEx Express 4Delta Connection 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BUF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Buffalo Niagara International Airport” (revision of 17 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#335of 3,974 · #79 North America · #62 USLongest runway8,829 ft2,691 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,945of 29,823 · #424 North America · #311 USElevation727 ft222 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#22,841of 43,341 · #10,855 North America · #8,967 USAgeOpened 19262026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=262of 15,079 · =39 North America · =37 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

6 channels
A/DBuffalo APP/DEP126.150
ATISATIS135.350
CLDCLNC DEL124.700
GNDGND133.200
RDORDO122.600
TWRTWR120.500