Boeing Field / King County International Airport KBFI / BFI
Seattle's business-aviation airport, 15 minutes from Downtown and Amazon's campus, with three FBOs, 24-hour CBP and a 10,000 ft runway shared with Boeing test and delivery flights. Far quicker than SeaTac; noise-abatement procedures apply over Georgetown and Beacon Hill.
10,000 ft
Longest runway
15 min
Drive to Seattle
3
FBOs / handlers
21 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 8 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including BBJ/ACJ (Boeing delivery centre on field).
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Boeing Field
- Modern Aviation Seattle
- Clay Lacy Aviation Seattle
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (10,000 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ350 XWB 7,220 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-9 (MAX 9) 8,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ3 (737-900ER) 8,040 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Seattle
- Paine Field (Snohomish County Airport) KPAE 9,010 ft · 45 min
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport KSEA 11,901 ft · 30 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Boeing Field / King County International Airport · Atomic Taco from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons