Airport use | Open to the public |
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Activation date | 11/1938 |
Sectional chart | Seattle |
Control tower | Yes |
ARTCC | Seattle Center |
FSS | SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (on field) |
NOTAMs facility | BFI (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance | Continuous |
Wind indicator | Lighted |
Segmented circle | No |
Lights | Dusk-Dawn HIRL RY 13R/31L OPER DUSK-DAWN. MIRL RY 13L/31R NOT OPR 1400-2300. |
Beacon | White-green (lighted land airport) |
Landing fee | Yes, Contact Airport Ops |
Fire and rescue | ARFF index A |
International operations | international airport of entry |
Runway 13R/31L | |||||||
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Dimensions | 10000 x 200 ft. / 3048 x 61 m | ||||||
Surface | asphalt/grooved, in good condition | ||||||
Weight bearing capacity |
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Instrument approach | Runway 13R: ILS/DME | ||||||
Runway 31L: ILS/DME |
Runway 13L/31R | |||||||
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Dimensions | 3710 x 100 ft. / 1131 x 30 m | ||||||
Surface | asphalt/grooved, in good condition | ||||||
Weight bearing capacity |
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Runway edge lights | medium intensity | ||||||
Instrument approach | Runway 13L: VOR/DME | ||||||
Runway 31R: VOR/DME |
Ownership | Publicly-owned |
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Owner | KING COUNTY 516 THIRD AVE SEATTLE, WA 98104 Phone 206-296-4040 |
Manager | ROBERT I. BURKE AAE 7277 PERIMETER ROAD SOUTH SEATTLE, WA 98108-3844 Phone 206-296-7380 |
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On July 26, 1928, Seattle’s first municipal airport was dedicated. Being south of the city, it is named Boeing Field because of the Boeing Airplane Company’s proximity and because Boeing’s Pacific Air Transport (later United Airlines) used it for regular airmail service. It was Seattle’s principle passenger airport until the construction of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the 1940s.
Today Boeing Field is not served by any major passenger airlines, seeing mainly cargo aircraft and general aviation traffic. Boeing operates a facility at the airport where 737s, built at their nearby Renton factory, are prepared for delivery after their test flights. BFI may be the only spot on earth where one can observe an Alaska Airlines 737, a RyanAir 737 and an Air India 737 all in one day. |