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Broken Bow Municipal Airport
KBBW / BBWBroken Bow, NebraskaELEV 2,547 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#9 / 28
Nebraska airports by Google rating
4.8★ across 10 Google ratings — ranked against 28 rated NE fields.
51 nm
To the nearest alternate
North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF).
Overview
Broken Bow Municipal Airport (KBBW / BBW) is a general aviation field serving Broken Bow, Nebraska. The airport sits 2,547 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BBW for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field (LBF, 51 nm), Kearney Regional Airport (EAR, 51 nm), and Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI, 66 nm).
Charter pricing from BBW depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Broken Bow.
Field capability
ICAO
KBBW
IATA
BBW
FAA / Local
BBW
Elevation
2,547 ft
Coordinates
41.4365° N · 99.6422° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NE fields
state range 984–4,313 ft
At 2,547 ft, BBW sits higher than 59% of the 34 Nebraska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 51nmLBFNorth Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird FieldNorth Platte
- 51nmEARKearney Regional AirportKearney
- 66nmGRICentral Nebraska Regional AirportGrand Island
- 85nmMCKMcCook Ben Nelson Regional AirportMcCook
- 94nmVTNMiller FieldValentine
- 104nmOLUColumbus Municipal AirportColumbus
Location
Open the full mapKBBW · Broken Bow Municipal Airport · Broken Bow, NE
From the ramp
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