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Fairbury Municipal Airport
KFBY / FBYFairbury, NebraskaELEV 1,479 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
44 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lincoln Airport (LNK).
Overview
Located in Fairbury, Nebraska, Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY / FBY) operates as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 1,479 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
FBY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lincoln Airport (LNK, 44 nm), Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK, 67 nm), and Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI, 70 nm).
Quotes for flights out of FBY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from FBY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KFBY
IATA
FBY
FAA / Local
FBY
Elevation
1,479 ft
Coordinates
40.1830° N · 97.1693° 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 1,479 ft, FBY sits lower than 68% 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.
- 44nmLNKLincoln AirportLincoln
- 67nmMHKManhattan Regional AirportManhattan
- 70nmGRICentral Nebraska Regional AirportGrand Island
- 70nmFRIMarshall Army Air FieldFort Riley (Junction City)
- 76nmOLUColumbus Municipal AirportColumbus
- 80nmOFFOffutt Air Force BaseOmaha
Location
Open the full mapKFBY · Fairbury Municipal Airport · Fairbury, NE