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Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

ICAO KBIH37.3731°N 118.3640°W4,124 ft / 1,257 mMedium airport
On the map
Eastern Sierra Regional Airport - USGS topo
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (IATA: BIH, ICAO: KBIH) is a medium airport in Bishop, California, United States. It opened on 4 Jan 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 7,498 ft (2,285 m). It is operated by County of Inyo. In 2025 it handled 27 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1940–1949
04 JAN 1940
OpenedEastern Sierra Regional Airport opens.
APR 1940
MilestoneUnited States Army Air Forces becomes the owner.
02 MAY 1949
MilestoneCounty of Inyo becomes the owner.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 2 helipads · FAA diagram PDF
12/30135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH7,498 ft2,285 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
17/35180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH5,600 ft1,707 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH5,567 ft1,697 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
4
2
12
17
3K
22K
20K
21K
27K
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Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAmeriflight 3United Express 2FedEx Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BIH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Eastern Sierra Regional Airport” (revision of 31 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers27K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,335of 3,974 · #542 North America · #370 USLongest runway7,498 ft2,285 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,131of 29,823 · #683 North America · #508 USElevation4,124 ft1,257 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#3,320of 43,341 · #1,786 North America · #1,419 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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

4 channels
A/DOAKLAND CNTR125.750
ASOSASOS119.025
RDORIVERSIDE RDO122.600
UNICCTAF/UNICOM123.000