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life-flight helicopter

Life-Flight Landing Pad
The Buffalo, Missouri airport is equipped with a lighted Life-Flight landing pad for emergency medical transport to two major hospitals in Springfield, Missouri just minutes away by air.

Buffalo, Municipal {H17} Airport Information



Location
Lat/Long: 37-39-15.143N / 093-05-15.673W
(37.6542064 / -93.0876869)
(estimated)
Elevation: 1154 ft. / 352 m (estimated) 
Variation: 04E (1985) 
From city: 1 mile N of BUFFALO, MO

Airport Communications
CTAF: 122.9 

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
------------------- ----------------------- ------ ---
SGFr029/21.4 SPRINGFIELD VORTAC 116.90 04E
SHYr220/32.7 SUNSHINE VOR/DME 108.40 05E
DGDr339/39.2 DOGWOOD VORTAC 109.40 06E

NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
-------------------------- -------- ---- --- -------------------
LEBANON 281/21.0 414 03E IEB .. . -...
WILLARD 035/27.1 254 03E ILJ .. .-.. .---
KAISER 219/36.7 377 05E AIZ .- .. --..
Airport Operations
Facility use: Open to the public 
Sectional chart: KANSAS CITY 
Control tower: no 
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER 
FSS: COLUMBIA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF] 
NOTAMs facility: COU (NOTAM-D service available) 
Attendance: UNATNDD 
Wind indicator: yes 
Segmented circle: yes 
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT LIRL RY 03/21 - CTAF. 
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
ARPT BEACON OTS INDEFLY. 
Landing fee: no

Airport Services
Fuel available: NONE 
Parking: TIE DOWNS 
Bottled oxygen: NONE 
Bulk oxygen: NONE 
Runway Information Runway 3/21 Dimensions: 3215 x 50 ft. / 980 x 15 m WIDTH VARIANCE 50-52 FT.  
Surface: asphalt, in good condition 
Runway edge lights: standard NSTD LIRL; RY 03 NO THLD LGTS OR DSPLCD THLD LGTS; RY 21 HAS ONE RED & TWO WHITE LGTS; INCORRECT SPACING OF LGTS.
RUNWAY 3
Traffic pattern: left 
Markings: basic
Markings condition: good
DISPLACED THRESHOLD: yes
DT distance: 265 ft.
Touchdown point: no
OBSTRUCTIONS: TREES
Height: 57 ft.
Slope to clear:  2:1 
Distance from threshold: 340 ft.
Distance from centerline: 15 ft.
Additional obstruction remarks: APCH SLOPE 9:1 TO
DSPLCD THLD; +1-56 FT
GND; TREES & TIED DOWN
ACFT; 0-650 FT L & R; 
19:1 BASED ON DSPLCD 
THLD; DSPLCD THLD 2 FT 
LOWER THAN RY END. 
+1-49 FT FENCES; HIGH 
GND; PART OF APRON & 
TREES 35-200 FT FM 
THLD L/R.

Remarks - ULTRALIGHT ACFT ON & INVOF ARPT  
RUNWAY 21
left
basic
good 
no

no 
TREE
30 ft. 
1:1 
235 ft.
70 ft. 
+1-35 FT FENCES;
BRUSH; GND & TREES
0-200 FT FM THLD L/R.

Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: 15
Single engine airplanes: 14
Multi engine airplanes: 1

Aircraft operations: average 96/week
50% transient general aviation
48% local general aviation 
2% air taxi