Customs & Immigration:
FAA Chart Supplement
Airport Manager:
+1 206-296-7334
Clearance Delivery:
+1 206-214-4722
Runways
2 RWY, 3050m/10006ft 2 Runways, longest: 3050m/10006ft (paved)
Source: FAA
Fuel Availability
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↓ 6 kt
←R 2 kt
Wind
160° · 6 kt
Temperature
17.2°C
Dew point
13.9°C
Visibility
10 SM
QNH
30.04 inHg
Ceiling
2700 BKN
Cloud layers
5000
2500
0 ft
SCT 1600ft
BKN 2700ft
OVC 4900ft
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Station
Automated (with precip sensor)
Sea level pressure
1017.3 hPa
Precise temp/dew
17.2°C / 13.9°C
METAR: 48 mins · aviationweather.gov
| Rwy | Cross | Head |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | ←R 2 kt | 6 kt ↑ |
| 32 | →L 2 kt | 6 kt ↓ |
12:00Z → 13:00Z
VFR
[18006KT 9999 SCT025 OVC045]
180° 6 kt · 6 SM · Scattered (SCT) 2500ft · Overcast (OVC) 4500ft
13:00Z → 18:00Z
VFR
[FM 18006KT 9999 OVC030]
From (FM)
180° 6 kt · 6 SM · Overcast (OVC) 3000ft
18:00Z → 21:00Z
VFR
[FM 18006KT 9999 VCSH BKN040 OVC060]
From (FM)
180° 6 kt · 6 SM · Vicinity Showers (VCSH) · Broken (BKN) 4000ft · Overcast (OVC) 6000ft
21:00Z → Tomorrow 02:00Z
VFR
[FM 21005KT 9999 BKN045 OVC060]
From (FM)
210° 5 kt · 6 SM · Broken (BKN) 4500ft · Overcast (OVC) 6000ft
Tomorrow 02:00Z → Tomorrow 06:00Z
VFR
[FM 27005KT 9999 BKN060 BKN100]
From (FM)
270° 5 kt · 6 SM · Broken (BKN) 6000ft · Broken (BKN) 10000ft
Tomorrow 06:00Z → Tomorrow 12:00Z
VFR
[FM 19006KT 9999 BKN060 BKN100]
From (FM)
190° 6 kt · 6 SM · Broken (BKN) 6000ft · Broken (BKN) 10000ft
METAR KBFI 261353Z 16006KT 10SM SCT016 BKN027 OVC049 17/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01720139 TAF KBFI 261214Z 2612/2712 18006KT P6SM SCT025 OVC045 FM261300 18006KT P6SM OVC030 FM261800 18006KT P6SM VCSH BKN040 OVC060 FM262100 21005KT P6SM BKN045 OVC060 FM270200 27005KT P6SM BKN060 BKN100 FM270600 19006KT P6SM BKN060 BKN100
Pilot Comments for KBFI
Thomas
Good customs field for returning back from Canada with a Citation Mustang. Uneventful FBO, Modern Aviation - CAA fuel prices. 1 gal of fuel waives the ramp fee. Overnight fee was $50.
Big annoyance: They wanted to charge me $150 for simply towing me from customs to the FBO. That‘s really bad service, it wouldn‘t have cost them anything, but it costed me a full startup cycle on the engines.
US Customs phone numbers to call at least 1 hr before when coming from Canada:
206 553-1920
206 901 3200
360-332-4413
206-553-7960
If nobody answers the phone or it’s constantly busy like in my case, send them an email: SEA.GA@cbp.dhs.gov ... I got a reply after less than 30 minutes with a permission to land.
AirfieldBot
Information from pirep.io:
Description: BFI is located in extremely busy airspace with SeaTac just to the south and Renton to the east. A thorough briefing of the airspace and a review of the VFR routes before arriving would be a good idea. Note that practice IFR approaches are not allowed. The Museum of Flight is located on the southwest corner of the field. A few parking spots for fly-in visitors are available. See https://www.museumofflight.org/visit/parking-and-directions for details. The Hangar Cafe is a short walk outside the gate from the transient parking on the north end of the field.
Transient Parking: There are only four transient parking spots on the airport-owned ramps. Two are in the very northeast corner (see annotations) and two in the southwest corner adjacent to the Museum of Flight parking. These must be reserved in advance and have hourly & daily fees. See the tie-down fees section below for costs and contact info for reservations. A detailed map of parking is available here: https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/services/airport/documents/pilot-info/kbfi-transient-parking.ashx?la=en As an alterative, there are three FBOs on the field that have parking available to at a variety of fees depending on your aircraft types.
Source: pirep.io (snapshot from 2025-01-26)