Customs & Immigration:
FAA Chart Supplement
Airport Manager:
206-296-7334
Clearance Delivery:
206-214-4722
Runways
2 RWY, 3050m/10006ft 2 Runways, longest: 3050m/10006ft (paved)
Source: FAA
Fuel Availability
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↓ 11 kt
Wind
140° · 11 kt
Temperature
10.6°C
Dew point
6.1°C
Visibility
10 SM
QNH
30.00 inHg
Ceiling
2000 OVC
Cloud layers
5000
2500
0 ft
OVC 2000ft
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Station
Automated (with precip sensor)
Sea level pressure
1015.9 hPa
Precise temp/dew
10.6°C / 6.1°C
Pressure tendency
Rising rapidly 1.5hPa/3h
METAR: 65 mins · aviationweather.gov
| Rwy | Cross | Head |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 0 kt | 11 kt ↑ |
| 32 | 0 kt | 11 kt ↓ |
12:00Z → 17:00Z
MVFR
[17010KT 9999 OVC016]
170° 10 kt · 6 SM · Overcast (OVC) 1600ft
17:00Z → 20:00Z
MVFR
[FM 20008KT 9999 OVC022]
From (FM)
200° 8 kt · 6 SM · Overcast (OVC) 2200ft
20:00Z → Tomorrow 10:00Z
VFR
[FM 21008KT 9999 FEW035 BKN050]
From (FM)
210° 8 kt · 6 SM · Few (FEW) 3500ft · Broken (BKN) 5000ft
Tomorrow 10:00Z → Tomorrow 12:00Z
MVFR
[FM 17007KT 9999 OVC029]
From (FM)
170° 7 kt · 6 SM · Overcast (OVC) 2900ft
METAR KBFI 271453Z 14011KT 10SM OVC020 11/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01060061 53015 TAF KBFI 271128Z 2712/2812 17010KT P6SM OVC016 FM271700 20008KT P6SM OVC022 FM272000 21008KT P6SM FEW035 BKN050 FM281000 17007KT P6SM OVC029
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)