North Buffalo Suburban Airport
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North Buffalo Suburban Airport is a public-use airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of Lockport
Lockport (town), New York
Lockport is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 20,529 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the series of canal locks on the Erie Canal...

, a town in Niagara County
Niagara County, New York
Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...

, New York
New York
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, United States
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. It is privately owned by Gary Leasing Inc.

Facilities and aircraft

North Buffalo Suburban Airport covers an area of 90 acres (36.4 ha) which contains one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 10/28 which measures 2,830 x 50 ft (863 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 19, 2007, the airport had 3,600 general aviation
General aviation
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 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day. There are 31 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.

Nearby airports

KBUF - Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport is an airport located in Cheektowaga CDP, Town of Cheektowaga, in Erie County, New York, USA. It is named after the Buffalo – Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The airport serves Buffalo, New York as well as Southern Ontario, Canada...

 (10 nm S)

KIAG - Niagara Falls International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport
-Traffic figures:Niagara Falls International received 56,943 passengers in 2008. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 660 passenger boardings in calendar year 2005 and 1,409 unscheduled enplanements in 2006....

 (11 nm W)

9G3 - Akron Airport
Akron Airport
Akron Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport located one nautical miles east of the central business district of Akron, a village in Erie County, New York, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...

 (11 nm SE)

9G0 - Buffalo Airfield
Buffalo Airfield
Buffalo Airfield , formerly known as Buffalo Airpark and Gardenville Airport , is an airport located in the town of West Seneca in Erie County, New York...

 (14 nm S)

9G6 - Pine Hill Airport
Pine Hill Airport
Pine Hill Airport is a public use airport located five nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Albion, in Orleans County, New York, United States. The airport property is owned by Eugene Haines and leased by the Vintage Aircraft Group.- Facilities and aircraft :Pine Hill...

 (19 nm E)

Source: AirNav
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