# Bisho Airport (BIY / FABE)

**Bisho Airport** (IATA: BIY, ICAO: FABE) is a medium airport in Bisho, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabe

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIY / FABE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bisho, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Elevation: 594 m / 1,950 ft
- Coordinates: -32.8971, 27.2791
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhisho_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11824266
- Weather station: FABE · WMO 68752
- Ident: FABE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =312 in Africa | #17 in ZA |
| Elevation | 594 m / 1,950 ft | =9,157 of 43,403 | =1,682 in Africa | #366 in ZA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =42 in ZA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | EAST LONDON APP | 120.100 |
| RDO | RDO | 120.600 |

## Nearby airports

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- [ELS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fael.md) King Phalo Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [FAKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fako.md) Komga Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [FAFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fafo.md) Fort Beaufort Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fabe/data