Boeing Field
King County International Airport Boeing Field | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | King County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Location | King County | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°31′48″N 122°18′07″W / 47.53000°N 122.30194°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.metrokc.gov/airport | ||||||||||||||
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Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport (IATA: BFI, ICAO: KBFI), is a two-runway airport owned and run by King County, Washington, USA. In promotional literature, the airport is frequently referred to as KCIA, but this is not the airport identifier. The airport has some passenger service, but is mostly used by general aviation and cargo. It is named after the founder of the Boeing Company, William E. Boeing.
The airport's property is located mostly in Seattle just south of Georgetown, with its southern tip extending into Tukwila. It is 594 acres (2.4 km²) in area and handles more than 375,000 operations yearly.
With the exception of the World War II period, when it was taken over by the U.S. government, Boeing Field was Seattle's main passenger airport from its construction in 1928 until Seattle-Tacoma International Airport began operations in the late 1940s. The Boeing Company continues to use the field for testing and delivery of its airplanes, and it is still a major regional cargo hub.
Boeing Field currently lacks any major commercial passenger airline service. A proposal by Southwest Airlines in June 2005 was submitted to King County to relocate their operations in the Seattle area from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Boeing Field, but was rejected by King County Executive Ron Sims in October. A similar proposal by Alaska Airlines (a response to the Southwest proposal) was also rejected. Southwest Airlines' publicized rationale for the proposed move was so they could avoid the heavy fees being levied at Sea-Tac due to its expansion program.
The transfer of ownership of Boeing Field from King County to the Port of Seattle was proposed in 2007 as part of a land swap with land owned by the Port.[1]
The Museum of Flight is located on the southwestern corner of the airfield, and aircraft movement can be easily observed from the museum.
Airlines
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Kenmore Air | Campbell River [seasonal], Eastsound, Friday Harbor, Oak Harbor, Port Angeles |
| SeaPort Airlines | Portland (OR) |
Cargo
See also
References
- ^ County, Port, BNSF Announce Signed Memoranda on Land Deal, Port of Seattle, February 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
External links
- King County Department of Transportation: Airport Page
- WSDOT Pilot's Guide: Boeing Field/King County International (PDF 71 kb)
- WSDOT Economic Impacts: Boeing Field/King County Int'l (PDF 437 kb)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KBFI
- ASN accident history for BFI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KBFI
- FAA current BFI delay information