Airports / South Africa / BIY
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
29 nm
To the nearest alternate
King Phalo Airport (ELS).
Overview
Located in Bisho, South Africa, Bisho Airport (FABE / BIY) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 1,950 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list BIY as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are King Phalo Airport (ELS, 29 nm), Queenstown Airport (UTW, 62 nm), and Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ, 106 nm).
Trip costs from BIY are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from BIY to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
FABE
IATA
BIY
FAA / Local
FABE
Elevation
1,950 ft
Coordinates
32.8971° S · 27.2791° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs South Africa fields
state range 20–5,700 ft
At 1,950 ft, BIY sits lower than 58% of the 62 South Africa fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 29nmELSKing Phalo AirportEast London
- 62nmUTWQueenstown AirportQueenstown
- 106nmPLZChief Dawid Stuurman International AirportGqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- 108nmUTTK. D. Matanzima AirportMthatha
- 138nmJOHPort St Johns AirportPort St Johns
- 198nmMGHMargate AirportMargate
Location
Open the full mapFABE · Bisho Airport · Bisho, South Africa