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KBPG · HCA

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

32.21260°N
-101.52200°W
ARR / DAY
2
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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 8,803 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
5 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBPG 290315Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 31/14 A2989 RMK AO2 T03100135

Runway intelligence

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

06
64% of ops
64 land · 5 TO
17
17% of ops
17 land · 4 TO
24
11% of ops
11 land · 8 TO
35
8% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
Runway 06 carries 64% of operations (64 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

06 64 landings
UA 6%
17 17 landings
UA 0%
24 11 landings
UA 0%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 64 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
3.7
flights/day · 111 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.6 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% 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
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