Beatrice Municipal
BIE · KBIE · Beatrice, Nebraska · Gage County · map
Beatrice Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Beatrice, 3 miles north of Beatrice, Nebraska, 1,324 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,602 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBIE · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (30°C), dew point 58°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBIE 061935Z AUTO 22011KT 10SM CLR 30/15 A2990 RMK AO2 T02950146
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 BIE · ICAO KBIE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Beatrice
- Elevation
- 1,324 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,602 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,401 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bie and vor | 110.6 | |
| Bie and aWOS-3 | 125.325 | |
| Marysville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 402-228-3229.
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 Beatrice from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Beatrice, Nebraska: 10 piston singles, 8 drones, 2 piston twins. 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 Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Runway 18 is designated as the calm wind runway.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 and runway 18/36 operates sunset to sunrise. PAPI runway 36 operates continuously.
- Winter hours 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- 400' stopway at runway 36 der.
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.