[X] Silver Bay Municipal Airport

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ICAO: KBFW

FAA: BFW

Location

Latitude: 
 47-14-56.5000N (47.249028)
Longitude: 
 091-24-56.1000W (-91.415583)
Elevation: 
 1088.6 feet MSL (332 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
 1.8 W (as of April 2024 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
 UTC -6.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -5.0 (Daylight Savings Time)
From City: 
 07 N.M. SW of Silver Bay, Minnesota
Found On: 
 Green Bay Chart
FAA Region: 
 AGL

Contacts

Manager: 
Publicly owned: 
LANA FRALICH/JAMES LARSON
CITY ADMINISTRATOR, 7 DAVIS DR
SILVER BAY, MN 55614-1397
218-226-4408		 CITY OF SILVER BAY
7 DAVIS DR
SILVER BAY, MN 55614-1397
218-226-4408

Operations

Airport Status: 
 Closed Permanently
Facility Use: 
 Public
Type: 
 Airport
Activation Date: 
 02/1965
Control tower: 
 No
Attendance (Months/Days/Hours): 
 Months/Days/Hours
Unattended
Boundary ARTCC: 
 ZMP (Minneapolis)
Responsible ARTCC: 
 ZMP (Minneapolis)
Lighting Schedule: 
 SEE RMK
Segmented Circle Indicator: 
 No
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
 2089 feet (637 m)
NOTAMs Facility: 
 BFW
NOTAM-D Service: 
 Yes
International Airport of Entry: 
 No
Customs Landing Rights: 
 No
Military Landing Rights: 
 Yes
Civil/Military Joint Use: 
 No

Based Aircraft

Annual Operations (as of 06/30/2015)

Total Operations:  3300
GA Local:  2400 72.7%
GA Itinerant:  900 27.3%

Communications

CTAF:  122.900

  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQS 134.55/290.5 (DULUTH RCAG).
   

Fixed Based Operators (FBOs) & Fuel

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Area Code: 218
Business Name Frequency Phone Fuel Grade
Siver Bay Municipal Airport
   Update FBO info		 226-4446 80, 100LL
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Flight Service Stations

Primary Alternate
FSS on Field:  N
FSS Name (ID):  Princeton(PNM)
Frequency: 
Toll Free Phone:  1-800-WX-BRIEF

Instrument Procedures / Charts

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Navigation Aids (Navaids) near KBFW

Navigational Aid (NAVAID) distances from the airport are listed in Nautical Miles (NM).

Nearby Airports with Fuel

Dist (NM) Name (Airport IDs) True Hdg Mag Hdg Fuel Grade
18.0 Richard B Helgeson Airport
(KTWM TWM)		 228 230 100LL, Jet A, MOGAS
38.4 Ely Municipal Airport
(LYU KELO ELO)		 334 336 100LL, Jet A
40.1 Duluth International Airport
(DLH KDLH DLH)		 232 233 100LL, Jet A, JP-8
43.6 Richard I Bong Airport
(SUW KSUW SUW)		 219 220 100LL, Jet A
44.7 Sky Harbor Seaplane Base
(9Y5)		 285 286 100LL
45.2 Eveleth/Virginia Municipal Airport
(EVM KEVM EVM)		 283 284 100LL, Jet A
49.1 Tower Municipal Airport
(12D)		 314 315 100LL
58.4 Solon Springs Municipal Airport
(KOLG OLG)		 196 197 100LL
58.5 Range Regional Airport
(HIB KHIB HIB)		 278 279 100LL, Jet A
62.0 Cook Municipal Airport
(KCQM CQM)		 304 305 100LL, Jet A
63.6 Cable Union Airport
(3CU)		 173 175 100LL
68.2 Gogebic/Iron County Airport
(IWD KIWD IWD)		 128 131 100LL, Jet A
73.4 Sawyer County Airport
(HYR KHYR HYR)		 180 182 100LL, Jet A+
74.2 Orr Regional Airport
(KORB ORB)		 308 309 100LL, Jet A
74.7 Scotts Seaplane Base
(KCDD CDD)		 325 326 100LL, MOGAS
85.4 Grand Rapids/Itasca County-Gordon Newstrom Field Airport
(GPZ KGPZ GPZ)		 269 269 100LL, Jet A
87.2 Ontonagon County/Schuster Field Airport
(KOGM OGM)		 105 108 100LL
92.6 Manitowish Waters Airport
(D25)		 136 139 100LL
94.2 Burnett County Airport
(KRZN RZN)		 205 206 100LL, Jet A

Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS)

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Remarks

A110-1 ULTRALIGHT TRAFFIC ON & INVOF ARPT.
A110-2 DEER AND WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT.
A110-3 NEW TRML BUILDING AVBL, FOR KEYPAD ENTRY PRESS 2, 4 TOGETHER AND THEN PRESS 3.
A110-6 POT HOLES ON APN AND TIEDOWN AREA.
A110-7 FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588.
A110-8 (ARPT STATUS) ARPT CLSD PERMLY.
A16 OR 218-220-1700.
A30-07/25 RWY CLSD DUE TO EDGES CONTAIN LOOSE ROCKS AND CRUMBLING; LRG WDSPR CRACKS; VEGETATION GROWING THRU CRACKS AND JOINTS; MARKINGS FADED.
A81-APT ACTVT REIL RWY 07 & 25; PAPI RWY 07 & 25; MIRL RWY 07/25 - CTAF.

Runways

Runway Summary

Runways: 07/25
Longest Runway: 07/25 is 3200 ft (975 m) long
Runways with an Instrument Approach:

KBFW Airport Runway Details

Runway 07/25  3200 ft x 75 ft (975 m x 23 m)
Surface:  Asphalt - Poor condition - No special surface treatment
Runway Edge Lights:  Medium Intensity

Runway Weight Bearing Capacity (in thousands of pounds) 
Single Wheel Landing Gear:  26.0

Runway 07

Runway 25
Elevation: 
 1088.6 1082.9
Latitude: 
 47-14-51.5400N 47-15-01.1100N
Longitude: 
 091-25-17.9600W 091-24-33.7300W
Runway True Alignment: 
 072 252
Glide Path Angle: 
 0.0 degrees 3.0 degrees
Traffic Pattern: 
 Left Left
Runway Markings Type: 
 Nonprecision Instrument Nonprecision Instrument
Runway Markings Condition:
Fair Fair
Object at End: 
 TREES TREES
Object Height: 
 44 33
Distance from End: 
 979 918
Object Centerline Offset: 
 185 ft. right of centerline 297 ft. left of centerline
Visual Glide Slope Indicators: 
 4-Light PAPI On Left Side Of Runway 4-Light PAPI On Left Side Of Runway
REIL: 
 Yes Yes
Touchdown Lights: 
 No
Centerline Lights: 
 No

Services

Airframe Repair: 
 Minor
Powerplant Repair: 
 Minor
Bottled Oxygen: 
 None
Bulk Oxygen: 
 None
Fuel Available: 
 100LL, Jet A
Landing Fees: 
 No
Parking: 
 Hangars and tiedowns available

Maps & Diagrams

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