# North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF / KLBF)

**North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field** (IATA: LBF, ICAO: KLBF) is a medium airport in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). In 2025 it handled 31 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LBF / KLBF
- FAA: LBF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: North Platte, Nebraska, United States
- Elevation: 2,777 ft / 846 m
- Coordinates: 41.1262, -100.6840
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 30,868 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://northplatteairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Platte_Regional_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7056358
- Weather station: KLBF · WMO 72562
- Ident: KLBF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 126° / 306° | yes |
| 17/35 | 4,436 ft / 1,352 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 181° / 001° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00292AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 8,514 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 10,011 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,486 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,290 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 27,669 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 31,873 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,134 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 27,180 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 27,054 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 32,158 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 32,078 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 30,868 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 227 mi / 366 km · United Express

### Cargo (1)

- [OMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koma.md) Eppley Airfield · United States · 249 mi / 401 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

### Cargo (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 | 31K (2025) | #2,276 of 3,974 | #530 in North America | #361 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 2,777 ft / 846 m | =6,074 of 43,403 | =2,955 in North America | =2,280 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.425 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 132.700 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 132.700 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [NE25](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ne25.md) Orr Field · 9.9 mi / 16 km
- [34NE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/34ne.md) Evans Ranch Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [NE64](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0612.md) Hershey Flying Service Field Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [9NE8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ne8.md) Brosius Field · 22 mi / 35 km
- [5NE3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ne3.md) Diamond Bar Jones Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [KGTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgte.md) Gothenburg Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 50 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: “North Platte Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Platte_Regional_Airport&oldid=1370341482), revision of 20 Aug 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/klbf/data