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Bismarck Municipal Airport (KBIS) is the primary commercial airport serving Bismarck, North Dakota, lying about three miles southeast of the city in Burleigh County. It offers two hard-surfaced, lit runways, one served by an ILS, together with a full range of airline, cargo and general aviation traffic, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for a simulator pilot flying into the Northern Plains.
Bismarck Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public airport serving Bismarck, North Dakota, and is classified as a primary commercial service airport. It combines scheduled airline operations with general aviation and military traffic, and its dual-runway layout with an instrument landing system makes it a useful and accessible IFR or VFR destination for simulator pilots exploring the Upper Midwest.
The airport lies in Burleigh County, North Dakota, about three miles southeast of the City of Bismarck, which owns and operates the field. It sits on some 2,425 acres of land.
Bismarck Municipal has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 13/31 is the longer of the pair at 8,782 feet, with runway 13 equipped with an ILS, and runway 31 also served by an ILS. Runway 03/21 is 6,593 feet long and lit, but has no instrument landing system.
Air traffic control is provided on the tower/CTAF frequency of 118.3 MHz, with ground control on 121.9 MHz and approach/departure on 126.3 MHz. The ATIS broadcasts on 119.35 MHz, and UNICOM is available on 122.95 MHz for periods when the tower is not in operation. A remote radio outlet associated with Grand Forks is listed on 122.2 MHz. Instrument approaches are available, with the ILS serving both ends of runway 13/31.
The current terminal building dates from 2005, replacing an original single-story Modernist terminal designed in 1963 by the local firm Ritterbush Brothers. A two-story addition built in 1982 supplemented that building until both were demolished, the original in 2003 and the addition in 2005, to make way for a new $15 million terminal designed by another Bismarck firm, Tvenge Associates, which opened in May 2005. The airport recorded its seventh consecutive year of record passenger boardings in 2016, with 271,020 passengers boarding commercial flights that year, a trend the airport director attributed to the strength of the local economy. On April 7, 1998, a Corporate Air Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster crashed 1.6 miles southeast of the airport after the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during an approach in icing conditions, killing the sole occupant.
Bismarck Municipal continues to handle a mix of scheduled airline services, cargo operations and general aviation activity. Passenger carriers have included Allegiant Air, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection, and United Express, flying to destinations such as Las Vegas, Phoenix-Mesa, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Denver. Cargo operators serving the field have included Alpine Air Express, Encore Air Cargo and FedEx Feeder. As of the year ending December 31, 2020, the airport recorded 28,004 aircraft operations, averaging 77 per day, with 93 aircraft based on the field comprising 49 single-engine aircraft, 16 multi-engine aircraft, 15 military aircraft, 11 jets and 2 helicopters.
