KBIF — Biggs AAF (Fort Bliss)
Fort Bliss/El Paso/, TX · field elevation 3,947 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBIF current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBIF 111155Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 26/11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02630108 10306 20262 53003 $
- Wind
- from 190° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Density altitude
- 6,044 ft · pressure altitude 3,807 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 7 kt head | 5 kt from the left |
| 04 | 7 kt tail | 5 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBIF 111100Z 1111/1217 20009KT 9999 FEW110 510206 QNH3006INS BECMG 1120/1121 VRB15G25KT 9000 -TSRA SCT110 BKN130CB 510206 QNH2994INS BECMG 1201/1202 26010G15KT 9999 NSW FEW100 SCT130 510206 QNH2996INS BECMG 1208/1209 27009KT 9999 FEW130 510206 QNH3002INS TX37/1123Z TN25/1112Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 31.84953, -106.38005
- Elevation
- 3,947 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1228Z / 0153Z
- Tower hours
- OPEN 24 HRS.
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (2020)
- Fuel
- A++
- Sectional
- El Paso
- County
- El Paso, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KBIF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 13,554 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Tower OPEN 24 HRS.
- 127.9
- Ground
- 121.6
- Clearance
- 125.0
- Approach SOUTH-V16
- 119.15
- Approach NORTH-V16
- 124.25
- Departure
- 124.25
Published procedures
- 1 approach — LD
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBIF airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Texas airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.