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KBEC · BEC

Beech Factory Airport

37.69450°N

-97.21500°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 65.2%

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

10 kts

120°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KBEC 240615Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM SCT120 22/20 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE T02200201

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

76% of ops

1,051 land · 1,153 TO

22% of ops

303 land · 312 TO

2% of ops

21 land · 18 TO

0% of ops

0 land · 0 TO

Runway 18 carries 76% of operations (1,051 landings, 1,153 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 1,051 landings

UA 18%

36 303 landings

UA 23%

19 21 landings

UA 14%

01 0 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (190 UA events from 1,051 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

24.1

flights/day · 723 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 12am

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 24.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (18.1 vs 27.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 530 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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