Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport
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Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport | |||
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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 | |||
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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[edit] External links
- 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