Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
BHM · KBHM · Birmingham, Alabama · Jefferson County · map
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International is a public-use airport owned by Birmingham Airport Authority, 4 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama, 650 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 12,007 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 230 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 99,287 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,568,855 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBHM · observed 6:53 pm CDT (23:53 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBHM 062353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/14 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02440144 10306 20244 53006
TAF KBHM 062320Z 0700/0724 08005KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BHM · ICAO KBHM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Birmingham Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 12,007 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 7,099 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 58 ft high 1,290 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,205 ft, 10,801 ft available for landing, gnd 67 ft high 1,323 ft from the end
- Runway 18: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 113 ft high 1,724 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 71 ft high 1,333 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.4 | Birmingham |
| Clearance delivery | 120.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.75 | |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 125.675 | Birmingham |
| Ground | 121.7 | Birmingham |
| Tower | 119.9 | Birmingham |
| Tower (secondary) | 118.25 | Birmingham |
| Approach and departure | 120.15 | Tuscaloosa |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 050 to 230 | 123.8 | Birmingham |
| Approach and departure | 124.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.45 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 231 to 049 | 127.675 | Birmingham |
| Approach and departure | 132.15 | |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Birmingham |
| Bhm and vot | 110.0 | |
| Birmingham and rco | 122.2 | Birmingham |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 205-591-6172.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 99,287, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Birmingham from the FAA register
214 aircraft are registered to owners in Birmingham, Alabama: 109 piston singles, 60 business jets, 17 piston twins, 11 turboprops, 6 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 36 since 1982, 9 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- A++100 (military)
- Approach lights (MALSR) the control tower controlled, operations ummonitored.
- Navaid shelter 149 feet from runway end, 405 feet L, 1 feet above runway end elev.
- Approach slope 25:1 due to 44 feet pole, 4424 feet from displaced threshold.
- Taxiway G rstrd to aircraft 65000 pounds or less.
- Taxiway M north of runway 6/24 rstrd to aircraft 75000 pounds or less.
- Taxiway north rstrd to aircraft 204000 pounds or less.
- Bird actv in the vicinity of runways.
- Taxiway F between runway 18/36 and taxiway G rstrd to aircraft 100000 pounds or less.
- Taxiway H south of taxiway H4 rstrd to aircraft with wingspan less than 118 feet.
- Taxiway a between taxiway a hldg bay and taxiway A3 rstrd to aircraft with wingspan less than 150 feet.
- Taxiway H2 rstrd to aircraft with wingspan less than 105 feet.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.