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Originally Posted by Freightdog1  Anyone been to El Paso? It's been a long time for me but my first time there I thought I was seeing double. There's almost a duplicate airport a few miles to the north I believe. A military base from what I remember. It would be soooo easy to screw up and land there. |
BIF (Biggs Army Airfield) with runway 21; ELP has runway 22. Approach will often tell airplanes approaching about Biggs to prevent them from landing there. At least once a week you also hear them tell an airliner they are lined up with the wrong runway.