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Bessemer Airport

33.31290°N
-86.92590°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Bessemer Airport (KEKY) is a small general aviation airport located in Bessemer, AL, 16 mi south west of Birmingham. It features 1 runway measuring 6,007 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KEKY 280356Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 25/25 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02500250 $

Runways

1 installed

6,007 FT MAX
05/23
6,007 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

23
55% of ops
510 land · 143 TO
05
45% of ops
413 land · 185 TO
Runway 23 carries 55% of operations (510 landings, 143 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

23 510 landings
UA 1%
05 413 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 23 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 510 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 · 722 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 24.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (24.8 vs 25.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

254 · 45%
46 · 8%
31 · 5%
24 · 4%
24 · 4%
19 · 3%
Activity is led by (45% of 565 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 124.900 —
APCH 351.850 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 118.825 —
OTHER 123.750 —
CD/P 123.750 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
rstan
12/31/2016
Wonderful Airport
Very helpful airport manager
Anonymous
03/06/2016
fuel
can I drive up and buy 1oo or better octane fuel from you guys and how much per gal is it.
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