Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport

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Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport
IATA: none - ICAO: KBUY - FAA: BUY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Burlington-Alamance Airport Authority
Serves		Burlington, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		617 ft (188.1 m)
Coordinates		36°02′55″N, 079°28′30″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	5,000	1,524	Asphalt

Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport (ICAO: KBUY, FAA LID: BUY) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Burlington, a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers 340 acres (138 ha) and has one runway.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport is assigned BUY^[1] by the FAA and has no designation from the IATA (which assigned BUY to Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia^[2]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KBUY.^[3]

BUY is a small airport, serving small planes like Cessnas and rebuilt Mustangs. It also has a pilot training school. There is no charge for landing or taking off at BUY, the airport makes money through the sale of fuel, and hangar space.

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• NCDOT Airport Information: Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport PDF (277 KiB)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KBUY
  • ASN accident history for BUY
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KBUY