BIX

Keesler Air Force Base

ICAO KBIX30.4104°N 88.9244°W33 ft / 10 mMedium airport
On the map

Keesler Air Force Base (IATA: BIX, ICAO: KBIX) is a medium airport in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 7,630 ft (2,326 m) long, paved. It is operated by Air Education and Training Command.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedKeesler Air Force Base opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
04/22035° / 215° · LIT
LENGTH7,630 ft2,326 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEPaved

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway7,630 ft2,326 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,004of 29,823 · #637 North America · #476 USElevation33 ft10 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,308of 43,341 · =18,244 North America · =14,985 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 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/DGULFPORT APP/DEP124.600
ATISATIS25.600
CLDCLNC DEL121.800
GNDGND121.800
MISCAEROMEDICAL EVAC23.660
PMSVPMSV METRO34.460
POST403 WG AFRC COMD25.280
PTDPTD37.220
TWRTWR120.750