Boeing Field
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King County International Airport Boeing Field |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | King County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Seattle / Tukwila, King County, Washington, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°31′48″N 122°18′07″W / 47.53000°N 122.30194°WCoordinates: 47°31′48″N 122°18′07″W / 47.53000°N 122.30194°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.kingcounty.gov/... | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 227,230 |
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| Based aircraft | 427 |
Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport (IATA: BFI, ICAO: KBFI, FAA LID: BFI), is a public airport owned and operated by King County, five miles south of downtown Seattle, Washington. The airport is sometimes referred to as KCIA, but this is not the airport identifier. The airport has some passenger service, but is mostly used by general aviation and cargo. It is named after the founder of Boeing, William E. Boeing.
The airport's property is mostly in Seattle just south of Georgetown, with its southern tip extending into Tukwila. It covers 594 acres (240 ha) and has more than 375,000 operations yearly.
It is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 34,597 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 35,863 in 2009 and 33,656 in 2010.
Except for the World War II period, when it was taken over by the U.S. government, Boeing Field was Seattle's main passenger airport from its construction in 1928 until Seattle-Tacoma International Airport began operations in the late 1940s. The Boeing Company continues to use the field for testing and delivery of its airplanes, and it is still a major regional cargo hub. It is also used by Air Force One when the President of the United States visits the Seattle area.
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