BUF — Buffalo Niagara International Airport

Large airport in Buffalo, United States.
IATA code
BUF
ICAO code
KBUF
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
4,966,673
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
66
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−5 / UTC−4
America/New_York
Elevation
222 m
728 ft
Runways
2
Longest 2,691 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with B

About BUF

Buffalo Niagara International Airport is a large airport serving Buffalo, United States. It opened in 1926. 4,966,673 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 66 nonstop routes from BUF.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from BUF

Route Distance Passengers / year
BUF → MCO1,627 km 520,486
BUF → ATL1,146 km 458,600
BUF → JFK484 km 429,221
BUF → BWI453 km 417,915
BUF → ORD762 km 387,635
BUF → CLT879 km 318,281
BUF → LGA470 km 254,689
BUF → DTW388 km 214,197
BUF → MDW754 km 211,359
BUF → BOS636 km 211,032
BUF → DEN2,187 km 171,281
BUF → TPA1,695 km 168,980
BUF → DFW1,951 km 164,561
BUF → FLL1,876 km 152,719
BUF → PHL449 km 122,147
BUF → DCA476 km 121,496
BUF → EWR454 km 113,134
BUF → IAD457 km 107,954
BUF → BNA1,019 km 94,206
BUF → LAS3,196 km 84,910
BUF → PHX3,076 km 55,413
BUF → MSP1,182 km 38,531
BUF → LAX3,569 km 35,795
BUF → RSW1,841 km 32,397
BUF → RDU784 km 27,718
BUF → SJU2,970 km 18,956
BUF → DAL1,941 km 10,465
BUF → SRQ1,759 km 9,145
BUF → MIA1,907 km 3,779
BUF → ROC89 km 1,469
BUF → PIT299 km 1,071
BUF → JAX1,406 km 556
BUF → HOU2,087 km 496
BUF → OKC1,827 km 475
BUF → SFO3,716 km 459
BUF → MCI1,399 km 399
BUF → MEM1,308 km 365
BUF → MSY1,766 km 364
BUF → YYZ109 km 359
BUF → TYS912 km 357

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at BUF

  • WN Southwest Airlines · 10,873 flights
  • B6 JetBlue Airways · 6,648 flights
  • YX Republic Airline · 6,503 flights
  • AA American Airlines · 4,383 flights
  • 9E Endeavor Air · 4,343 flights
  • DL Delta Air Lines · 3,516 flights
  • OO SkyWest Airlines · 2,239 flights
  • G7 GoJet Airlines · 2,198 flights
  • PT Piedmont Airlines · 2,156 flights
  • UA United Air Lines · 1,954 flights
  • F9 Frontier Airlines · 1,625 flights
  • OH PSA Airlines · 1,542 flights
  • C5 CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir · 1,331 flights
  • MQ Envoy Air · 1,226 flights
  • YV Mesa Airlines · 212 flights
  • SY Sun Country Airlines · 82 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time
77.7%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
2.6%
Departures counted
20,723
US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
IAGNiagara Falls International Airport25 km
YCMNiagara District Airport45 km
ROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport88 km
YTZBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport93 km
YHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International Airport101 km
YYZToronto Pearson International Airport109 km
BFDBradford Regional Airport127 km
YKFRegion of Waterloo International Airport145 km
YPQPeterborough Regional Airport147 km

Distance from BUF to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
BUF → LHR5,717 km —
BUF → DXB11,118 km —
BUF → CDG6,028 km —
BUF → FRA6,359 km —
BUF → IST8,192 km —
BUF → AMS6,006 km —
BUF → JFK484 km 429,221
BUF → ATL1,146 km 458,600
BUF → LAX3,569 km 35,795
BUF → SIN15,091 km —
BUF → HND10,477 km —
BUF → DOH10,908 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
05/232,691 m 46 mAsphalt
14/322,183 m 46 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States · 42.9405, -78.7322

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Buffalo Niagara International Airport has the IATA code BUF and the ICAO code KBUF. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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