KBIF — Biggs AAF (Fort Bliss)
Fort Bliss/El Paso/, TX · field elevation 3,947 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBIF current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBIF 101755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP211 T01650092 10165 20057 58001 $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,633 ft · pressure altitude 3,607 ft
- Observed
- 36 minutes ago
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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 101200Z 1012/1118 VRB06KT 9999 SKC 510008 QNH3022INS BECMG 1018/1019 26006KT 9999 SKC 510008 QNH3014INS TX20/1022Z TN06/1013Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 31.84953, -106.38005
- Elevation
- 3,947 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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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
- 1330Z / 0009Z
- Tower hours
- 1500-0700Z++ MON-SUN EXC HOLS
- Magnetic variation
- 8°E (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 1500-0700Z++ MON-SUN EXC HOLS
- 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 — ILS/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBIF airport diagram or an approach plate
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- 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.