Where is BIH airport?

BIH is a medium-sized airport in Bishop, California, United States, at 37.3731, -118.3640, 1,257 m above sea level.

What time zone is BIH in?

BIH is in the America/Los_Angeles time zone, UTC−8 / UTC−7 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use BIH?

33,447 passengers in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (scheduled flights).

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport opened in 1940.

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BIH — Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

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Medium-sized airport in Bishop, United States.

IATA code: BIH
ICAO code: KBIH
Size: medium; OurAirports class
Passengers: 33,447; Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes: 6; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−8 / UTC−7; America/Los_Angeles
Elevation: 1,257 m; 4,124 ft
Runways: 3; Longest 2,285 m

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More codes: airport codes starting with B

About BIH

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bishop, United States. It opened in 1940 and is run by County of Inyo. 33,447 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 6 nonstop routes from BIH.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from BIH

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BIH → SFO	San Francisco, United States	356 km	17,848
BIH → DEN	Denver, United States	1,223 km	15,113
BIH → CLD	Carlsbad, United States	481 km	253
BIH → HHR	Hawthorne, United States	383 km	187
BIH → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	381 km	45
BIH → FAT	Fresno, United States	137 km	1

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at BIH

OO SkyWest Airlines · 754 flights
AN ADVANCED AIR · 38 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time: 74.7%; Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled: 3.4%
Departures counted: 385; US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
MMH	Mammoth Yosemite Airport	Mammoth Lakes, United States	51 km
FAT	Fresno Yosemite International Airport	Fresno, United States	137 km
MCE	Merced Regional Macready Field	Merced, United States	190 km
BFL	Meadows Field	Bakersfield, United States	224 km
SCK	Stockton Metropolitan Airport	Stockton, United States	260 km

Distance from BIH to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
BIH → LHR	London, United Kingdom	8,464 km	—
BIH → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	13,042 km	—
BIH → CDG	Paris, France	8,810 km	—
BIH → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,016 km	—
BIH → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	10,677 km	—
BIH → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8,651 km	—
BIH → JFK	New York, United States	3,838 km	—
BIH → ATL	Atlanta, United States	3,090 km	—
BIH → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	381 km	45
BIH → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	13,905 km	—
BIH → HND	Tokyo, Japan	8,613 km	—
BIH → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,991 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
12/30	2,285 m	30 m	Asphalt	Yes
17/35	1,707 m	30 m	Asphalt	Yes
08/26	1,697 m	30 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Bishop, California, United States · 37.3731, -118.3640

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Questions

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport has the IATA code BIH and the ICAO code KBIH. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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