# Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS / KBIS)

**Bismarck Municipal Airport** (IATA: BIS, ICAO: KBIS) is a medium airport in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. It opened in Dec 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,794 ft (2,680 m). In 2025 it handled 620 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIS / KBIS
- FAA: BIS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
- Opened: Dec 1937
- Elevation: 1,661 ft / 506 m
- Coordinates: 46.7727, -100.7469
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,794 ft / 2,680 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 620,181 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://bismarckairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck_Municipal_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387593
- Weather station: KBIS · WMO 72764
- Ident: KBIS

## Timeline

- Dec 1937: Bismarck Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 8,794 ft / 2,680 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |
| 03/21 | 6,600 ft / 2,012 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00051AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 490,267 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 527,712 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 551,738 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 550,116 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 570,370 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 624,494 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 304,775 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 430,158 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 484,707 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 517,471 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 593,026 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 620,181 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 385 mi / 620 km · Delta Air Lines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 516 mi / 831 km · United Express
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,047 mi / 1,685 km · Allegiant Air
- [AZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiwa.md) Mesa Gateway Airport · United States · 1,092 mi / 1,758 km · Allegiant Air

### Cargo (1)

- [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · United States · 186 mi / 299 km · Alpine Air Express, FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 2
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- 5A [Alpine Air Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alpine-air-express) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 620K (2025) | #1,023 of 3,974 | #249 in North America | #173 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,794 ft / 2,680 m | #1,960 of 29,858 | #434 in North America | #320 in US |
| Elevation | 1,661 ft / 506 m | #10,813 of 43,403 | #4,732 in North America | #3,574 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 126.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.350 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 49.800 |
| RDO | GRAND FORKS RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ND96](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nd96.md) Sauter Airport · 3.8 mi / 6.1 km
- [ND98](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nd98.md) Cloud Nine Airport · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km
- [Y19](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ky19.md) Mandan Municipal Airport · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [16ND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/16nd.md) Kalberer Airport · 8.8 mi / 14 km
- [18ND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/18nd.md) Bearpaw Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [25ND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/25nd.md) Landeis Airstrip · 13 mi / 21 km

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Bismarck Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bismarck_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1373771411), revision of 7 Sep 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/kbis/data