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Great Bend Municipal Airport

38.34430°N
-98.85920°W
ARR / DAY
1
61.5%
DEP / DAY
2
26.7%

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 7,850 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
16 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBD 011656Z AUTO 22016KT 10SM CLR 36/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03560150 $

Runway intelligence

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

29
61% of ops
27 land · 5 TO
17
23% of ops
10 land · 2 TO
11
14% of ops
6 land · 33 TO
35
2% of ops
1 land · 2 TO
Runway 29 carries 61% of operations (27 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

29 27 landings
UA 4%
17 10 landings
UA 0%
11 6 landings
UA 0%
35 1 landings
UA 100%
Approaches to 29 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 27 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
3.3
flights/day · 99 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.0 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 91 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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