Airports / West Virginia / BLF
Mercer County Airport
KBLF / BLFBluefield, West VirginiaELEV 2,857 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
30 nm
To the nearest alternate
Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW).
Overview
Mercer County Airport (KBLF / BLF) sits in Bluefield, West Virginia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 2,857 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list BLF as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW, 30 nm), Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB, 51 nm), and Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA, 59 nm).
Trip costs from BLF are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from BLF to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KBLF
IATA
BLF
FAA / Local
BLF
Elevation
2,857 ft
Coordinates
37.2958° N · 81.2077° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs WV fields
state range 565–2,857 ft
At 2,857 ft, BLF sits higher than 93% of the 14 West Virginia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 30nmBKWRaleigh County Memorial AirportBeaver
- 51nmLWBGreenbrier Valley AirportLewisburg
- 59nmROARoanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportRoanoke
- 67nmCRWYeager AirportCharleston
- 76nmTRITri-Cities Regional TN/VA AirportBlountville
- 84nmINTSmith Reynolds AirportWinston Salem
Location
Open the full mapKBLF · Mercer County Airport · Bluefield, WV
From the ramp
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