Airports

KBKF BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE

Aurora, CO · FAA identifier BKF · Accident history (NTSB)

Elevation
5,663 ft
Tower
Towered
Hrs (local): OPR 1330-0530Z++ TUE-SAT, 1500-2300Z++ SUN-MON.
Use
Private
Position
39°42′06.3″N
104°45′07.1″W
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Conditions

METAR 33 minutes ago
METAR KBKF 131758Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT250 15/M05 A2993 RMK AO2A SLP095 T01461052 10146 20053 57015
     Category: VFR
         Wind: variable at 5 kt
   Visibility: 10 sm
Temp/Dewpoint: 15°C / -5°C
    Altimeter: 29.93" Hg
          Sky: 25,000 ft - SCT
  Density Alt: 6,964 ft
TAF 1h 31m ago
Prevailing 1317Z-1423Z NOW
KBKF 131700Z 1317/1423 24003KT 9999 BKN220 QNH2997INS
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 240° at 3 kt
   Visibility: unrestricted (9999)
      Weather: KBKF 131700Z
          Sky: 22,000 ft - BKN
BECMG 1412Z-1413Z IN 17h 28m
BECMG VRB06KT 9999 BKN150 QNH2999INS TX16/1322Z TN01/1414Z
     Category: VFR
         Wind: variable at 6 kt
   Visibility: unrestricted (9999)
          Sky: 15,000 ft - BKN

Runways

14/32 11,006 x 150 - PEM
14
32
1432N ↑

Wind variable at 5 kt: no runway is favored.

Frequencies

TOWER 121.0
TOWER 291.675
GND 121.6
GND 275.8
ATIS 119.675
ATIS 259.3
All frequencies (27)
UseFrequencySectorHours
TOWER 121.0 OPR 1330-0530Z++ TUE-SAT, 1500-2300Z++ SUN-MON.
TOWER 291.675 OPR 1330-0530Z++ TUE-SAT, 1500-2300Z++ SUN-MON.
GND 121.6
GND 275.8
ATIS 119.675
ATIS 259.3
AFLD OPS 372.2 CALL: BUCKLEY OPS
ARNG OPS 149.1 ARNG OPS-OUTLAW
ARNG OPS 308.1 ARNG OPS-OUTLAW
ARNG OPS 32.5 ARNG OPS-OUTLAW
DENVER APCH DEP 128.45
DENVER APCH DEP 251.075
DENVER DANDD STAR 120.35
DENVER DANDD STAR 379.3
DENVER LARKS 120.35
DENVER LARKS STAR 379.3
DENVER POWDR STAR 120.35
DENVER POWDR STAR 379.3
DENVER QUAIL STAR 120.35
DENVER QUAIL STAR 379.3
DENVER RAMMS STAR 120.35
DENVER RAMMS STAR 379.3
DENVER TOMSN STAR 119.3
DENVER TOMSN STAR 307.3
EMERG 121.5
EMERG 243.0
PMSV METRO 228.45

Procedures and charts

Charts open from the FAA's digital Terminal Procedures Publication, cycle 2612, effective 11/26/2026 12:00:00 AM to 12/24/2026 12:00:00 AM. Not for navigation; check the cycle before flight.

NOTAMs

Not for operational use

NOTAMs as captured by CircumFlight from the FAA's NOTAM distribution; not FAA data, and not necessarily complete or current. Always get an official briefing before flight.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE READING - BEST EFFORT. Abbreviations are expanded automatically and may be wrong or incomplete. The raw NOTAM above is the official text; fly by it, not by this.

OBSTACLES (5)
OBST 190 FT CRANE 2229 FT NORTHEAST OF RWY 14 THRESHOLD
INACTIVE
EFF 171300Z - 122300Z
BEGINS IN 3d 18h
Obstacle 190 FT crane 2229 FT NORTHEAST OF Runway 14 THRESHOLD
OBST 190 FT CRANE 2229 FT NORTHEAST OF RWY 14 THRESHOLD
EFF 261300Z - 162300Z
EXP IN 3d 04h
Obstacle 190 FT crane 2229 FT NORTHEAST OF Runway 14 THRESHOLD
OBST 233' CRANE 3783' EAST OF RWY 14 THRESHOLD 20 NOV.
EFF 131826Z - 200100Z
EXP IN 6d 06h
Obstacle 233' crane 3783' EAST OF Runway 14 THRESHOLD 20 NOV.
OBST 3OO FT CRANE ERECTED 2.75 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF RWY 14 THRESHOLD
EFF 301300Z - 302300Z
EXP IN 47d 04h
Obstacle 3OO FT crane ERECTED 2.75 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF Runway 14 THRESHOLD
OBST OBSTACLE ERECTED 150FT CRANE 3674 FT SW OF RWY 14 THRESHOLD
INACTIVE
EFF 161400Z - 190030Z
BEGINS IN 2d 19h
Obstacle OBSTACLE ERECTED 150FT crane 3674 FT SW OF Runway 14 THRESHOLD
TOWER LIGHTS (1)
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1319476) 394252.40N1044605.40W (1.1NM NW BKF) 5657FT (104FT AGL) U/S
EFF 121531Z - 261531Z
EXP IN 12d 20h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1319476) 394252.40N1044605.40W (1.1NM NW BKF) 5657FT (104FT AGL) unserviceable
NAV & PROCEDURES (1)
SID BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, AURORA, CO. PLAINS TWO DEPARTURE... GARDEN CITY TRANSITION NA EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, GCK VORTAC OUT OF SERVICE. 2609041454-2704161454EST
EFF 041454Z - 161954Z
EXP IN 154d 01h
Standard instrument departure BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, AURORA, CO. PLAINS TWO DEPARTURE... GARDEN CITY TRANSITION not authorized except FOR aircraft EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, GCK VORTAC OUT OF SERVICE. effective 04 Sep 2026 1454Z until 16 Apr 2027 1454Z (estimated)
OTHER (8)
BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, AURORA, CO. PIKES THREE DEPARTURE... ALAMOSA TRANSITION, BINKE TRANSITION NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, ALS VORTAC OUT OF SERVICE.
EFF 121801Z - 242301Z
EXP IN 131d 04h
BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, AURORA, CO. PIKES THREE DEPARTURE... ALAMOSA TRANSITION, BINKE TRANSITION not authorized except FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS, approach lighting system VORTAC OUT OF SERVICE.
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440-2 ½ 777 (800-2 ½) AND CIRCLING CAT E 6460-2 ¾ 797 (800-2 ¾)
EFF 022049Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED ILS OR LOC/DME Runway 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440-2 ½ 777 (800-2 ½) AND CIRCLING CAT E 6460-2 ¾ 797 (800-2 ¾)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440- 2 ½ 777 (800-2 ½)
EFF 022106Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED RNAV (GPS) Runway 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440- 2 ½ 777 (800-2 ½)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 LNAV MDA 6260-1 597 (600-1)
EFF 022104Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED RNAV (GPS) Runway 32 LNAV minimum descent altitude 6260-1 597 (600-1)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED S-ILS RWY 32 CAT A-E 5863-1 200 (200-1)
EFF 022043Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED S-ILS Runway 32 CAT A-E 5863-1 200 (200-1)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED S-LOC RWY 32 CAT A-B 6280-1 617 (700-1)
EFF 022046Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED S-LOC Runway 32 CAT A-B 6280-1 617 (700-1)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED TACAN RWY 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440-2 ½ 777 (800- 2 ½) AND CAT E 6460-2 ¾ (800-2 3/4)
EFF 022100Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED TACAN Runway 32 CIRCLING CAT D 6440-2 ½ 777 (800- 2 ½) AND CAT E 6460-2 ¾ (800-2 3/4)
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED TACAN S-RWY 32 CAT A-B 6280-1 617 (700-1)
EFF 022053Z - 182359Z
EXP IN 35d 05h
[US DOD PROCEDURAL NOTAM] INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE CHANGED TACAN S-RWY 32 CAT A-B 6280-1 617 (700-1)

Release queue

Awaiting release

No departures are waiting on a release time right now.

Recently released

No recent releases in the current picture.

Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 1831Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Arrivals and departures

Arrivals

No inbound flights in the current picture.

Departures

No outbound flights in the current picture.

Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 1831Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Statistics

Grants

No FAA airport grant to BKF is recorded for FY2010–FY2025. Awards to a state's block program or a system plan are not listed by airport.

From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis.

Nearby airports

AirportNameDistanceBearingConditionsWind
KAPA CENTENNIAL 9.1 nm 210° SW VFR 010° 5 kt
KDEN DENVER INTL 10.3 nm 021° N VFR 280° 4 kt
KCFO COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT 11.1 nm 063° NE —
KBJC ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO 20.9 nm 307° NW VFR 350° 5 kt
KEIK ERIE MUNI 23.0 nm 324° NW VFR 320° 5 kt
18V PLATTE VALLEY AIRPARK 24.2 nm 006° N —
KBDU BOULDER MUNI 29.8 nm 313° NW VFR 030° 3 kt
KLMO VANCE BRAND 33.6 nm 326° NW VFR 350° 3 kt
11V EASTON/VALLEY VIEW 38.1 nm 010° N —
Private-use fields nearby (25)
34CO SIMONS 1.3 nm 046° NE —
1CO8 EVERITT 11.4 nm 157° SE —
CO02 HARRINGTON RANCH 11.6 nm 112° E —
9CO2 VAN SLYKE FLD 12.8 nm 091° E —
CD14 J & S 16.4 nm 062° NE —
4CO9 MARIA VILMA FLD 16.6 nm 016° N —
CO12 VAN AIRE 17.1 nm 007° N —
76CO HOY AIRSTRIP 17.2 nm 062° NE —
CD09 YODER AIRSTRIP 17.3 nm 066° NE —
CO41 CAMPBELLS 18.1 nm 045° NE —
96CO LOGAN 18.9 nm 060° NE —
22CO FLYING E 19.7 nm 039° NE —
CO96 REED HOLLOW RANCH 19.8 nm 179° S —
CO97 COMANCHE SPRINGS RANCH 19.8 nm 087° E —
CO38 COMANCHE AIRFIELD LLC 20.5 nm 082° E —
CO56 JJS 20.6 nm 040° NE —
2CD6 YUKON 20.7 nm 153° SE —
8CO9 PINE VIEW 22.9 nm 160° S —
5CO4 SPICKARD FARM 23.2 nm 090° E —
7CO3 BUFFALO 23.3 nm 175° S —
0CD7 FOX HOLE 23.4 nm 321° NW —
CO04 DENNING 23.8 nm 041° NE —
3CO7 DIETRICHS 23.8 nm 159° S —
CO42 CIRCLE 8 RANCH 24.0 nm 157° SE —
CD28 TALL TIMBER 24.1 nm 262° W —

Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.