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
- 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.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 10,000 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- 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
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- 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