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📍 Wichita⬆ 1,408 ft1 runways
KBEC · BEC

Beech Factory Airport

37.69450°N
-97.21500°W
ARR / DAY
7
2.1%
DEP / DAY
9
4.8%

Beech Factory Airport (KBEC/BEC) is a small general aviation airport located in Wichita, KS. It features 1 runway measuring 8,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
12 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBEC 050455Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2990 RMK AO2 T02300205

Runways

1 installed

8,001 FT MAX
01/19
8,001 ft × 100
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
83% of ops
188 land · 78 TO
36
17% of ops
39 land · 43 TO
Runway 18 carries 83% of operations (188 landings, 78 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 17%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 188 landings
UA 30%
36 39 landings
UA 21%
Approaches to 18 show a 30% unstable-approach rate (57 UA events from 188 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
15.8
flights/day · 474 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 15.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (10.1 vs 18.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (44% of 291 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 126.800
GND 121.700 0700-1730 MON-FRI
APCH 134.800
APCH 269.100
UNICOM 122.950
AWOS 119.450
EMERG 121.500 0700-1730 MON-FRI
CD/P 125.000
LCL/P 126.800 0700-1730 MON-FRI
LCL/P 313.600 0700-1730 MON-FRI
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
4° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
david
11/15/2007
Home of Beechcraft
As the airport name suggests, this is where Bonanzas, Barons, etc. take off from the first time. It's only 2 miles from Cessna's home field (KCEA).
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