KBPI is the ICAO code for Miley Memorial Field (IATA BPI), located in Big Piney, WY.
Miley Memorial Field (KBPI) is a medium airport in Big Piney, WY. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KBPI or IATA code BPI. It sits in North America.
Miley Memorial Field is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,803-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,803 ft (2,074 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Miley Memorial Field sits at 6,990 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on America/Denver. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 86 departing and 43 arriving private-jet legs at KBPI across the next six months of operator inventory. 4 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KBPI are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Miley Memorial Field, formerly known as Big Piney-Marbleton Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of Big Piney and two miles (3 km) north of Marbleton, both towns in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board.
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