Silver Bay Municipal Airport (ICAO: KBFW, FAA LID: BFW) was a city-owned public-use airport located close to Silver Bay, a city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems 2017-2021, which categorizes it as a general aviation airport.[3]

Silver Bay Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KBFW FAA LID: BFW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Silver Bay
Serves	Silver Bay, Minnesota
Coordinates	47°14′55″N 091°24′56″W
Map
BFW Location of airport in Minnesota / United States Show map of Minnesota BFW BFW (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 3,200 975 Asphalt
Statistics
Based aircraft (2017) 7
Sources: Minnesota DOT,[1] FAA[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BFW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[4]

As of May 31, 2018, the FAA indicated that Runway 07/25 is out of service permanently.[5]

On 7 June, 2018, Silver Bay Municipal Airport closed for an indefinite period.[6]

References

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for BFW, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BFW
  • AirNav airport information for KBFW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures