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Bessemer Airport

33.31290°N
-86.92590°W
ARR / DAY
15
▲ 36.8%
DEP / DAY
23
▲ 5.2%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
5 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KEKY 121556Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM SCT038 SCT048 32/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP156 T03170233 $

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

05
52% of ops
436 land · 195 TO
23
48% of ops
399 land · 128 TO
Runway 05 carries 52% of operations (436 landings, 195 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

05 436 landings
UA 3%
23 399 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 436 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
31.4
flights/day · 943 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 31.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (21.8 vs 36.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

357 · 47%
78 · 10%
36 · 5%
31 · 4%
27 · 4%
26 · 3%
Activity is led by (47% of 763 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)

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rstan
12/31/2016
Wonderful Airport
Very helpful airport manager
Anonymous
3/6/2016
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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