KBVI is the ICAO code for Beaver County Airport (IATA BFP), located in Beaver Falls, PA.
Beaver County Airport (KBVI) is a medium airport in Beaver Falls, PA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBVI or IATA code BFP. It sits in North America.
Beaver County Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 4,501-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 4,501 ft (1,372 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.
Beaver County Airport lies at 1,253 ft elevation.
Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 105 departing and 184 arriving private-jet legs at KBVI across the next six months of operator inventory. 6 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KBVI are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Beaver County Airport or is a county-owned public airport three miles northwest of Beaver Falls, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
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