{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field","iataCode":"LBF","icaoCode":"KLBF","city":"North Platte","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":41.12620163,"longitude":-100.6839981},"elevationMeters":846,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"North Platte grew up on the railroad, and it still runs on one: Union Pacific's Bailey Yard here is the largest rail classification yard on earth, sorting some 10,000 cars a day across 200 miles of track. Next door, North Platte Regional Airport (LBF, ICAO KLBF, Lee Bird Field) keeps a single subsidized Essential Air Service link to Denver, flown by United Express (SkyWest) — a contrast that captures the freight logic of the high plains, where tonnage belongs on rails, not in a hold. Lee Bird Fi","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/north-platte-regional-airport-lee-bird-field-airport-lbf","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/north-platte-regional-airport-lee-bird-field-airport-lbf","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field · (IATA: LBF) · North Platte, US · 846 m"}