Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport Explained

Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport
Icao:KBQR
Faa:BQR
Type:Public
Owner:Lancaster Airport Inc.
Elevation-F:752
Website:BuffaloLancaster.com
Coordinates:42.9222°N -78.6122°W
Pushpin Map:USA New York#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in New York
Pushpin Label:BQR
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:3,199
R1-Surface:asphalt
Stat-Year:2006
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:30,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:37
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Erie County, New York, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Lancaster, a village in the Town of Lancaster, east of Buffalo.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BQR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

The runway at Buffalo-Lancaster Airport was planned to be extended from 3199to, to be completed in 2010, which would have allowed it to accommodate larger airplanes and private jets. The airport is also an emergency landing site for Buffalo Niagara International Airport (handling smaller aircraft).

Facilities and aircraft

Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport covers an area of 100acres at an elevation of 752feet above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 3199feetby75feetft (byft).

The airport is the primary-reliever of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

For the 12-month period ending July 17, 2006, the airport had 30,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day. At that time there were 37 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 2, 2009.
  2. Web site: KBQR - Lancaster, New York (Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport) . Great Circle Mapper.