Boeing Field’s Smaller Runway Reopens After 6-Month Rehabilitation

General aviation landing strip returns to daytime service by welcoming Alia electric aircraft.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 02:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Aerial view of King County International Airport-Boeing Field looking south down Runway 14R toward Mount Rainier [Credit: King County]

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King County International Airport/Boeing Field (KBFI)'s smaller "general aviation runway" (14L/32R) has reopened for daytime service after a six-month pavement rehabilitation project.
The project involved upgrading the 20-year-old pavement, replacing runway lights with LEDs, and realigning taxiways to new FAA standards, with Beta Technologies' Alia electric aircraft being the first to utilize the refurbished runway.
Initially, the smaller runway will close at dusk until its precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights can be flight-checked, and old runway lights were repurposed into commemorative table lamps.

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After six months of NOTAMs and closures, and the occasional pilot being forced to divert because they didn’t read the NOTAM, the smaller runway at King County International Airport/Boeing Field (KBFI) has returned to daytime service.

Airport officials marked the event Thursday with an outdoor morning ceremony. The skies were gray with clouds (this is Seattle, after all), but that didn’t stop people from coming out to celebrate the return of what is often referred to as KBFI’s “general aviation runway.”