# Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (BIF / KBIF)

**Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss)** (IATA: BIF, ICAO: KBIF) is a medium airport in Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas, United States. It has one runway, 13,554 ft (4,131 m) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIF / KBIF
- FAA: BIF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas, United States
- Elevation: 3,947 ft / 1,203 m
- Coordinates: 31.8495, -106.3800
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 13,554 ft / 4,131 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 3,073 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: https://www.bliss.army.mil/biggs/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597859
- Weather station: KBIF
- Ident: KBIF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 13,554 ft / 4,131 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 044° / 224° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00133AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 4,964 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 3,517 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 3,073 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,055 of 3,974 | #815 in North America | #589 in US |
| Longest runway | 13,554 ft / 4,131 m | #63 of 29,858 | #20 in North America | #15 in US |
| Elevation | 3,947 ft / 1,203 m | =3,620 of 43,403 | =1,935 in North America | =1,531 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | EL PASO APP | 119.150 |
| CLD | EL PASO CLNC DEL | 125.000 |
| DEP | EL PASO DEP | 121.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| OPS | ANG OPS | 49.950 |
| PTD | PTD | 122.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [ELP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelp.md) El Paso International Airport · 2.7 mi / 4.4 km
- [CJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmcs.md) Abraham González International Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [LRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klru.md) Las Cruces International Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [HMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khmn.md) Holloman Air Force Base · 71 mi / 114 km
- [ALM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm.md) Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport · 72 mi / 116 km
- [DMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdmn.md) Deming Municipal Airport · 84 mi / 134 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #63

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [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/kbif/data