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KBPG · HCA

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

32.21260°N
-101.52200°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
33.3%

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 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
7 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBPG 290535Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A2994 RMK AO2 T02910156

Runway intelligence

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

06
67% of ops
78 land · 6 TO
17
16% of ops
18 land · 4 TO
24
10% of ops
12 land · 9 TO
35
7% of ops
8 land · 1 TO
Runway 06 carries 67% of operations (78 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

06 78 landings
UA 6%
17 18 landings
UA 0%
24 12 landings
UA 0%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 78 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
3.9
flights/day · 117 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.6 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 104 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

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