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KBPG · HCA

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

32.21260°N
-101.52200°W
ARR / DAY
2
47.6%
DEP / DAY
1
36.4%

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport (KBPG/HCA) is a small general aviation airport located in Big Spring, TX, 36 mi north east of Midland. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,802 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
12 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBPG 131315Z AUTO 19012KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2996 RMK AO2 T02690160

Runway intelligence

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

06
54% of ops
77 land · 12 TO
17
25% of ops
36 land · 8 TO
24
13% of ops
18 land · 12 TO
35
8% of ops
12 land · 7 TO
Runway 06 carries 54% of operations (77 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

06 77 landings
UA 6%
17 36 landings
UA 0%
24 18 landings
UA 0%
35 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 77 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 · 115 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.1 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 99 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.025
BIG SPRI 133.700
OTHER 133.700
BIG SPRI 350.200
OTHER 350.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
7° E
Fuel:
100LL

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
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