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Great Bend Municipal Airport

38.34430°N
-98.85920°W
ARR / DAY
2
57.1%
DEP / DAY
2
6.7%

Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD/GBD) is a small general aviation airport located in Great Bend, KS, 94 mi north west of Wichita. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,852 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
100°F
Wind
13 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBD 042056Z AUTO 16013G16KT 10SM CLR 38/18 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP090 T03830183 56017 $

Runway intelligence

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

29
51% of ops
39 land · 7 TO
17
29% of ops
22 land · 5 TO
11
17% of ops
13 land · 62 TO
35
3% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
Runway 29 carries 51% of operations (39 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

29 39 landings
UA 3%
17 22 landings
UA 0%
11 13 landings
UA 0%
35 2 landings
UA 100%
Approaches to 29 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 39 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
3.8
flights/day · 113 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.4 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 94 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.275
OTHER 118.800
HUTCHINS 118.800
OTHER 122.500
GREAT BE 122.500
OTHER 322.425
HUTCHINS 322.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
8° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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