# Fairbury Municipal Airport (FBY / KFBY)

**Fairbury Municipal Airport** (IATA: FBY, ICAO: KFBY) is a small airport in Fairbury, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,700 ft (1,128 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FBY / KFBY
- FAA: FBY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fairbury, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,479 ft / 451 m
- Coordinates: 40.1830, -97.1693
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,700 ft / 1,128 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.fairbury.com/pages/fairbury_airport.html
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34965019
- Weather station: KFBY
- Ident: KFBY

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Fairbury Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 11/29 | 2,487 ft / 758 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass | 121° / 301° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | =11,541 of 29,858 | =4,594 in North America | =3,836 in US |
| Elevation | 1,479 ft / 451 m | #12,219 of 43,403 | #5,279 in North America | #4,027 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 126.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## 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/kfby/data