BHM

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

ICAO KBHM33.5629°N 86.7507°W650 ft / 198 mLarge airport
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Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
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Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (IATA: BHM, ICAO: KBHM) is a large airport in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It opened in 1931. It has 2 runways; the longest is 12,007 ft (3,660 m). In 2025 it handled 3.3 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1931–2013
1931
OpenedBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport opens.
06 JAN 1946
DisasterPennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105.3 killed
10 JUL 1991
DisasterL'Express Airlines Flight 508.13 killed
14 AUG 2013
DisasterUPS Airlines Flight 1354.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Million Air Birmingham
06/24055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH12,007 ft3,660 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH7,099 ft2,164 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.6M
2.8M
2.7M
2.8M
3.0M
3.1M
1.3M
2.2M
2.7M
3.1M
3.3M
3.3M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

15 destinations · 2 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 134 mi / 215 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 350 mi / 564 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 480 mi / 772 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 562 mi / 904 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 585 mi / 941 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 596 mi / 959 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 626 mi / 1,007 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 651 mi / 1,048 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 652 mi / 1,050 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 662 mi / 1,065 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 771 mi / 1,241 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 865 mi / 1,392 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,081 mi / 1,740 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 323 mi / 520 kmSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 4,769 mi / 7,675 kmSTRDENLGAMIADTWDFWORDRDUDCAIAHSDFATLPHLCLTBHM
Year-round13
ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines215 km134 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle564 km350 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways772 km480 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express904 km562 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle941 km585 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle959 km596 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines1,007 km626 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,048 km651 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,050 km652 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,065 km662 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,241 km771 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,392 km865 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express1,740 km1,081 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 6United Express 3American Airlines 3Delta Air Lines 2Breeze Airways 2Delta Connection 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BHM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#433of 3,974 · #104 North America · #82 USLongest runway12,007 ft3,660 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=310of 29,823 · =69 North America · =59 USElevation650 ft198 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,346of 43,341 · =11,678 North America · =9,715 USAgeOpened 19312026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=452of 15,079 · =105 North America · =93 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DAPP/DEP123.800
ATISATIS119.400
CLDCLNC DEL125.675
GNDGND121.700
OPSARNG OPS38.700
POSTANG COMD POST28.730
RDOANNISTON RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950