AirportsBismarck Municipal Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bismarck, in North Dakota, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BIS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BIS
- ICAO code
- KBIS
- City
- Bismarck
- State or region
- North Dakota
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 46.7727° N, 100.7469° W
- Elevation
- 506 m (1,661 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,680 m (8,794 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BIS means Bismarck Municipal Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KBIS. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 46.7727° N, 100.7469° W. It stands 506 metres (1,661 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bismarck Municipal Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,680 metres (8,794 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 191.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,680 m 8,794 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 03/21 | 2,012 m 6,600 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional AirportDickinson | DIK | 156 km |
| Jamestown Regional AirportJamestown | JMS | 158 km |
| Minot International AirportMinot | MOT | 170 km |
| Devils Lake Regional AirportDevils Lake | DVL | 203 km |
| Aberdeen Regional AirportAberdeen | ABR | 232 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,636 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,664 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,654 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,717 km | 8 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,260 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,059 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,145 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,051 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,974 km | 17 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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