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KBEC · BEC

Beech Factory Airport

37.69450°N

-97.21500°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 70.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 39.7%

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 15 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

9 kts

70°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KBEC 130055Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3013 RMK AO2 T02930170

Observed weather patterns

• 12 of 339 unstable approaches (4%) coincided with wind speeds above 20 kt or gusts above 25 kt, 1.6× the rate observed during clear conditions.

Statistical association, not causation. Last 30 days.

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

78% of ops

1,079 land · 1,042 TO

22% of ops

313 land · 416 TO

Runway 18 carries 78% of operations (1,079 landings, 1,042 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

18 1,079 landings

UA 25%GA 0.1%

36 313 landings

UA 22%GA 1.0%

Approaches to 18 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (269 UA events from 1,079 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

27.7

flights/day · 830 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 12am

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 27.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (26.1 vs 29.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (50% of 591 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	126.800	—
TWR	126.800	0700-1730 MON-FRI
TWR	313.600	0700-1730 MON-FRI
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
OTHER	125.000	—
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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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