Medium Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Time Pressure; Fatigue
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Chart Or Publication; Weather; Procedure; Human Factors
Late evening our flight was approaching BIS. We had both listened to the ATIS; and with a more or less direct crosswind to 13/31; both thought we heard Runway 13 was the active runway.  We briefed it; and set up for it. When we checked in we thought the Controller had said Runway 13 as well.  When the Controller assigned a direct to fix to get us to the airport under VMC conditions it sounded like it was a fix for [Runway] 13. The fixes in question were Runway 13's JEKAN; where we thought we were cleared to; vs. Runway 31's JADAN (NDB) where the Controller thought we [were] going to. After flying to the fix for about 3 minutes; the Controller queried our course. We told him and he advised us that we needed to go to the fix for Runway 31. We advised him we had read back to him the JEKAN fix. [We] then re-entered the JADAN fix and flew to it. We requested Runway 13 from Tower; and adjusted our pattern for [Runway] 13; which was no issue whatsoever. There was no other traffic in the airport area; no other traffic was affected; and safety was not compromised; just a bit of confusion; I believe partly by the easy confusion of runway numbers 13 vs. 31; the close sounding fixes; and a long day that was to be a FAR 117 extension as well. We landed without further incident.
A pilot reported confusion while approaching BIS from the east having heard ATIS report Runway 13 in use and then the Controller's clearance to proceed to JEKAN thirteen miles northwest of Runway 13 for a visual. The Controller actually cleared them to the NDB JADAN; 5.5 miles southeast for a Runway 31 visual.