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Great Bend Municipal Airport

38.34430°N
-98.85920°W
ARR / DAY
2
22.2%
DEP / DAY
2
22.2%

Great Bend Municipal Airport (KGBD/GBD) is a small general aviation airport located in Great Bend, KS, 94 mi north west of Wichita. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,850 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
81°F
Wind
5 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBD 150356Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02670206 $

Runway intelligence

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

29
69% of ops
47 land · 8 TO
35
13% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
17
12% of ops
8 land · 10 TO
11
6% of ops
4 land · 61 TO
Runway 29 carries 69% of operations (47 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

29 47 landings
UA 0%
35 9 landings
UA 11%
17 8 landings
UA 0%
11 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 47 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
3.4
flights/day · 101 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (4.0 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 92 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.275
OTHER 118.800
HUTCHINS 118.800
OTHER 122.500
GREAT BE 122.500
OTHER 322.425
HUTCHINS 322.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
8° 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:24 UTC