BHM · Birmingham, United States
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
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Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for BHM
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3406; ident KBHM; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
flybirmingham.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
18 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
BHM / KBHM
OurAirports ident
KBHM
GPS / local code
KBHM / BHM
ISO region
US-AL
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
flybirmingham.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q865724
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:10 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CDT · UTC-05:00
Time zone
CDT
America/Chicago · UTC-05:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
6.7 km
Approximate distance to central Birmingham.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
12,007 ft / 3,660 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1931
Owner / entity
Q865724
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
18 source-backed signals
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Birmingham, United States. Birmingham's built-up core sits roughly 6.7 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Chicago (UTC-05:00, CDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM / KBHM) is at 33.5629° N, 86.7507° W, elevation 650 ft (198 m), serving Birmingham, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Birmingham is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Birmingham: 7 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for BHM.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM / KBHM)
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport · Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Source identifiers
KBHM · KBHM · BHM · US-AL
flybirmingham.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
It is located in Jefferson County, five miles northeast of Downtown Birmingham, near the interchange of Interstates 20 and 59.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Birmingham
birmingham · 6.7 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 196,357 · city coordinates 33.5207, -86.8025
2. Mountain Brook
mountain-brook · 6.9 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 20,691 · city coordinates 33.5009, -86.7522
3. Center Point
center-point · 11 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 16,655 · city coordinates 33.6457, -86.6836
4. Homewood
homewood · 11 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 25,708 · city coordinates 33.4718, -86.8008
5. Vestavia Hills
vestavia-hills · 13 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 34,174 · city coordinates 33.4487, -86.7878
6. Trussville
trussville · 15 km from BHM
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 21,023 · city coordinates 33.6198, -86.6089
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. ATL KATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta
215 km from BHM · America/New_York · +1h · elevation 1,026 ft (313 m) · airport coordinates 33.6367, -84.4281
2. BNA KBNA
Nashville International Airport · Nashville
285 km from BHM · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 599 ft (183 m) · airport coordinates 36.1245, -86.6782
3. MEM KMEM
Memphis International Airport · Memphis
339 km from BHM · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 341 ft (104 m) · airport coordinates 35.0438, -89.9763
Route-time reference set
1. BHM-ATL
Atlanta · 215 km · 1h 6m
America/New_York · +1h from BHM; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. BHM-BNA
Nashville · 285 km · 1h 12m
America/Chicago · +0h from BHM; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. BHM-MEM
Memphis · 339 km · 1h 16m
America/Chicago · +0h from BHM; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 12,007 ft / 3,660 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for BHM.
Runway identifiers
06/24 · 18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ATL KATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta · 215 km from BHM
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 1,026 ft (313 m) · 33.6367, -84.4281
2. BNA KBNA
Nashville International Airport · Nashville · 285 km from BHM
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 599 ft (183 m) · 36.1245, -86.6782
3. MEM KMEM
Memphis International Airport · Memphis · 339 km from BHM
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 341 ft (104 m) · 35.0438, -89.9763
4. PNS KPNS
Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola · 346 km from BHM
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 121 ft (37 m) · 30.4727, -87.1866
5. TYS KTYS
McGhee Tyson Airport · Knoxville/Maryville · 355 km from BHM
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 981 ft (299 m) · 35.8110, -83.9940
6. MSY KMSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · New Orleans · 517 km from BHM
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 4 ft (1 m) · 29.9934, -90.2647
Country and authority
BHM sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). BHM is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: It is located in Jefferson County, five miles northeast of Downtown Birmingham, near the interchange of Interstates 20 and 59.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q865724 · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Administrative area: Alabama. Named after: Birmingham · Fred Shuttlesworth. Entity official-site cross-check: flybirmingham.com
Field and clock profile
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is a low-elevation field at 650 ft (198 m), positioned at 33.5629° N, 86.7507° W in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 12,007 ft / 3,660 m. The airport clock uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Birmingham is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.7 km. ATL Atlanta is the closest retained airport alternative at 215 km.
Country airport peers
BHM is compared with ATL Atlanta at 215 km, BNA Nashville at 285 km, MEM Memphis at 339 km, PNS Pensacola at 346 km, TYS Knoxville/Maryville at 355 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
BHM-ATL Atlanta: 215 km, about 1h 6m, +1h. BHM-BNA Nashville: 285 km, about 1h 12m, +0h. BHM-MEM Memphis: 339 km, about 1h 16m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KBHM backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. flybirmingham.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 12,007 ft / 3,660 m
Runway identifiers
06/24, 18/36
OurAirports classifies BHM as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Birmingham.
BHM (KBHM) is a low-elevation field at 650 ft (198 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
BHM sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
BHM's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 12,007 ft / 3,660 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Civil aviation oversight for BHM runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at flybirmingham.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for BHM
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
BHM uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is about 6.7 km from central Birmingham; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
ATL Atlanta is the closest retained alternate at 215 km, time difference +1h.
When source checks matter
flybirmingham.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place BHM inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
BHM ranks #7 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
BHM shares America/Chicago with AUS Austin US · BNA Nashville US · DAL Dallas US · DFW Dallas-Fort Worth US · DSM Des Moines US · HOU Houston US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
BHM is 650 ft (198 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include VNO 648 ft (198 m) (2 ft delta) · DTW 645 ft (197 m) (5 ft delta) · CMN 656 ft (200 m) (6 ft delta) · RMU 644 ft (196 m) (6 ft delta) · KMJ 642 ft (196 m) (8 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
BHM's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ATL 215 km +1h · BNA 285 km +0h · MEM 339 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | ATL | 215 km | 1h 6m | +1h | --:--:-- |
| Nashville | BNA | 285 km | 1h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Memphis | MEM | 339 km | 1h 16m | +0h | --:--:-- |
BHM to ATL
Atlanta
Distance 215 km; estimated travel window 1h 6m; destination zone America/New_York is +1h from BHM. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BHM to BNA
Nashville
Distance 285 km; estimated travel window 1h 12m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from BHM. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BHM to MEM
Memphis
Distance 339 km; estimated travel window 1h 16m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from BHM. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Birmingham is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Birmingham is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from BHM, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Birmingham
birmingham · 6.7 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mountain Brook
mountain-brook · 6.9 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Center Point
center-point · 11 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Homewood
homewood · 11 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Vestavia Hills
vestavia-hills · 13 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Trussville
trussville · 15 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hoover
hoover · 18 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dixiana
dixiana · 22 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hueytown
hueytown · 26 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bessemer
bessemer · 26 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Helena
helena · 31 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pelham
pelham · 31 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Atlanta (ATL), Nashville (BNA), Memphis (MEM). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 12,007 ft / 3,660 m; identifiers 06/24, 18/36.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1931.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from BHM. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportATL
Atlanta · large airport
- Distance
- 215 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +1h
- Elevation
- 1,026 ft (313 m)
Compare against ATL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Nashville International AirportBNA
Nashville · large airport
- Distance
- 285 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 599 ft (183 m)
Compare against BNA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Memphis International AirportMEM
Memphis · large airport
- Distance
- 339 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 341 ft (104 m)
Compare against MEM when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) in?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is in the America/Chicago timezone (UTC-05:00, CDT).
What are the codes for Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport uses IATA code BHM and ICAO code KBHM.
Where is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport located?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is located in Birmingham, United States at coordinates 33.5629° N, 86.7507° W, with an elevation of 650 ft (198 m) (low-elevation field in the subtropics).
How far is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport from central Birmingham?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport sits roughly 6.7 km from the nearest mapped city center for Birmingham.
Which route reference is most useful from BHM?▾
Atlanta (ATL) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 6m, destination timezone America/New_York, and a +1h difference from BHM.
Which authority regulates BHM?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to BHM?▾
BHM's curated peers in United States on this site include ATL Atlanta, BNA Nashville, MEM Memphis, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport have?▾
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 12,007 ft / 3,660 m; identifiers include 06/24, 18/36.