Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Erie County, New York, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Lancaster, a village in the Town of Lancaster, east of Buffalo.Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BQR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.The runway at Buffalo-Lancaster Airport was planned to be extended from 3199to, to be completed in 2010, which would have allowed it to accommodate larger airplanes and private jets. The airport is also an emergency landing site for Buffalo Niagara International Airport (handling smaller aircraft).Facilities and aircraftBuffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport covers an area of 100acre at an elevation of 752ft above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 3199by.The airport is the primary-reliever of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
