Ashley Smith

BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

RUNWAY FACTS

Runway 5/23

8,827 feet

Asphalt surface

Runway 14/32

7,161 feet

Asphalt surface

AIRPORT FACTS Located in Erie County, New York.

Buffalo Municipal Airport opened in 1939.

Renovated in 1955.

Decided in 1991 to build new airport instead of continually renovating current airport.

New airport opened in 1997 with 14 gates.

Today there are 26 gates.

Has double the air traffic than any other airport in upstate New York.

Recent incidents

February 12, 2006—Colgan Air Flight 3047 crashed in transit to BUF from Newark

http://www.buffaloairport.com/http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBUFhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Niagara_International_Airport

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