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BIS Meaning

BIS Airport Meaning

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BIS Meaning:

BIS stands for Bismarck Municipal Airport


Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, BIS (Bismarck Municipal Airport) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of BIS's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS) Characteristics:

      City: Bismarck
      State: North Dakota
      FAA: Bismarck Municipal Airport
      IATA: BIS
      ICAO: KBIS
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


BIS is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding BIS, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

BIS meaning is Bismarck Municipal Airport.

Bismarck Municipal Airport can be abbreviated as BIS.

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