Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss)
BIF · KBIF · Fort Bliss/El Paso/, Texas · El Paso County · map
Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss) is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency, 5 miles northeast of Fort Bliss/El Paso/, Texas, 3,947 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 13,554 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Biggs Army Airfield (Fort Bliss)…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BIF · ICAO KBIF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 3,947 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1500-0700z++ mon-sun except holidays
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, 3:00 pm to 0700z++; every day, except holidays
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 13,554 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery | 125.0 | Biggs |
| Ground | 121.6 | Biggs |
| Tower | 127.9 | Biggs |
| Approach · Class C airspace SOUTH-V16 | 119.15 | Biggs |
| Approach · Class C airspace · Departure NORTH-V16 | 124.25 | Biggs |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Biggs |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 126.2 | Biggs |
| Operations Biggs aic | 134.1 | Biggs |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
Nearest fields reporting avgas: EL Paso International (3 nm south), Dona Ana County International Jetport (17 nm west), Fabens Airport (23 nm southeast), Las Cruces International (38 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: EL Paso International (3 nm south), Dona Ana County International Jetport (17 nm west), Las Cruces International (38 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Restricted: prior permission required all aircraft 24 hour PN required, contact airfield operations dsn 621-8811/8330, C915-744-8811/8330. Tower and services available for all aircraft with prior permission required. Prior permission required time valid +/-1 hour. All aircraft contact afld operations via ptd 30 minimum prior to arrival. Flight operations and tran alert service unavailable bfr 1 hour prior to prior permission required schedule arrival.
- SERVICE-LGT: when unatndd activate runway end identifier lights runway 04; PAPI runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - 127.9.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500').
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (2100').
- Traffic pattern: F/west 5000', turbo prop 5500', R/west 4500', jet 6000'.
- Caution: El Paso international runway 22, 2 NM southeast can be mistaken for Biggs Aaf runway 22. Coyote haz.
- NS abtmt: VFR west arrival/departure via mtn pass 15 NM northwest of Biggs Aaf. Avoid VFR ovft of city. Fly 1500 feet above ground level, 1500 feet horizontal dist from mtn dwellings.
- Bearing strength runway 04/22: ST175 SBTT593 TRT585.
- See flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Jasu: 4(A/M32A-86) 2(A/M32-95).
- Fluid: SP.
- Misc: apvl rqr for access to ramp.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Bliss/El Paso/ from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Bliss/El Paso/, TX as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BIF.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.