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KBPG · HCA

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

32.21260°N
-101.52200°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 18.2%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
13 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBPG 122015Z AUTO 20013G19KT 10SM CLR 32/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T03210176

Runway intelligence

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

06
65% of ops
50 land · 4 TO
35
16% of ops
12 land · 3 TO
24
13% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
17
6% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 06 carries 65% of operations (50 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

06 50 landings
UA 2%
35 12 landings
UA 0%
24 10 landings
UA 0%
17 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 50 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
4.6
flights/day · 137 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (4.1 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 107 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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