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Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (KBIF) Aviation Weather: METAR & TAF

As of 2:55 PM MDT, Oct 28, KBIF is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.

Live aviation weather for Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) in Fort Bliss/El Paso, TX, including METAR, TAF, flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter and runway crosswinds.

Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (KBIF) is a regional airport serving Fort Bliss/El Paso, TX at a field elevation of 3,947 ft. KBIF reports its own METAR and publishes a TAF, decoded live on this page as flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling and altimeter. It has one runway (04/22), the longest 13,554 ft. The official FAA airport diagram is at the bottom of the page.

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VFR
Observed 2055Z (2:55 PM MDT)live · refreshes every 60s
Wind
Calm
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
Unlimited
Altimeter
30.06"
Temp / Dew
79°F / 26°C
dew 54°F / 12°C

Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 26°C (79°F), altimeter 30.06 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

Raw METAR
METAR KBIF 282055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/12 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02590120 57021 VISNO RWY04 CHINO RWY04 $

What changed at KBIF?

Since the 1955Z (1:55 PM MDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

  • Pressure falling: altimeter 30.08 → 30.06 inHg.

Current pilot readout for KBIF

KBIF is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 6,050 ft (field elevation 3,947 ft). KBIF does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KBIF, about 0 nm away.

New to aviation weather? How to read a METAR → · What VFR/MVFR/IFR mean → · Decode any METAR/TAF → · Density altitude calculator →

Runway wind check

Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.

Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
04--
22--

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KBIF runways

1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.

  • Runway 04/22
    13,554 × 150 ft · PEM
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at KBIF
    Wind
    04
    no steady wind
    22
    no steady wind
    no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →

“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.

24-hour trend

Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.

Wind (kt)Gusts (kt)Bottom strip, flight category:VFRMVFRIFRLIFRNo report
061222Z09Z20Z

Over the last 22 h: wind 7→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.

KBIF weather radar

Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.

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Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap

NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.

Recent aviation weather trends at KBIF

From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.

Over the past 24 hours, KBIF reported mostly VFR across 23 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the S.

Last 24 hours
VFR 100%
Wind avg/max: 2/7 kt
Max gust: -
Lowest ceiling: -
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: S
Category changes: 0
Last 7 days
VFR 99%MVFR 1%
Wind avg/max: 5/20 kt
Max gust: 29 kt
Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft
Lowest vis: 8 sm
Prevailing wind: S
Category changes: 2

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.

04
70%
22
30%

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Live KBIF Weather

Live crosswind meter

Measured by KBIF's own weather station.

N0422wind calm / variable

Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.

Concrete · 13,554 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

North up

Aerial photo of Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (KBIF) with runway 04/22 marked
N ↑

Runway 04/22 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.

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Airport info

From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.

Services

Fuel
Jet A++
Attended
Mon-Sun 1500-0700Z++ local; Excp Hol all day
Control tower
Yes

Airport

Type
Regional airport
ICAO
KBIF
IATA
BIF
FAA LID
BIF
City
Fort Bliss/El Paso
State
Texas
Country
United States
Elevation
3,947 ft
Coordinates
31.8495, -106.3800
Runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
Longest runway
13,554 ft
Weather reporting
Reports METAR
TAF
Nearest KBIF
Time zone
America/Denver
Sunset in
2h 20m

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KBIF airport diagram

Official FAA taxiway and runway layout. Tap to zoom.

Official FAA airport diagram · d-TPP cycle 2611 · Not for navigation. Download the official FAA PDF ↗

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Pilot PIREPs for Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (KBIF)

Community-submitted

Community-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.

Read recent community-submitted pilot notes for Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), including runway conditions, wildlife activity, FBO/fuel notes, turbulence, ramp access, and local airport tips.

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