# Beatrice Municipal Airport (BIE / KBIE)

**Beatrice Municipal Airport** (IATA: BIE, ICAO: KBIE) is a small airport in Beatrice, Nebraska, United States. It opened in Mar 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,602 ft (1,708 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIE / KBIE
- FAA: BIE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Beatrice, Nebraska, United States
- Opened: Mar 1941
- Elevation: 1,324 ft / 403 m
- Coordinates: 40.3013, -96.7541
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,602 ft / 1,708 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://beatriceairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Municipal_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15964466
- Weather station: KBIE
- Ident: KBIE

## Timeline

- Mar 1941: Beatrice Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,602 ft / 1,708 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 14/32 | 4,401 ft / 1,341 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 143° / 323° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [OMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koma.md) Eppley Airfield · United States · 83 mi / 133 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BIE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,602 ft / 1,708 m | =5,201 of 29,858 | =1,558 in North America | =1,230 in US |
| Elevation | 1,324 ft / 403 m | #13,581 of 43,403 | #5,856 in North America | #4,516 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 110.600 |
| CNTR | MINNEAPOLIS CNTR | 126.400 |
| RDO | COLUMBUS RDO | 122.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [NE92](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ne92.md) Thomsen Airport · 18 mi / 28 km
- [NE57](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ne57.md) Thomas Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [2NE3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ne3.md) Rusty Crankshaft Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [16NE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/16ne.md) Korver Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [FBY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfby.md) Fairbury Municipal Airport · 23 mi / 38 km
- [KCEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcek.md) Crete Municipal Airport · 24 mi / 38 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Beatrice Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beatrice_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1364141915), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kbie/data