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Great Bend Municipal Airport

38.34430°N
-98.85920°W
ARR / DAY
1
18.2%
DEP / DAY
2
16.7%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
14 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
SPECI KGBD 140420Z AUTO 36014G20KT 10SM TS OVC100 27/21 A2985 RMK AO2 WSHFT 0400 LTG DSNT W-NE $

Runway intelligence

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

29
70% of ops
46 land · 7 TO
35
14% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
17
11% of ops
7 land · 9 TO
11
6% of ops
4 land · 68 TO
Runway 29 carries 70% of operations (46 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

29 46 landings
UA 0%
35 9 landings
UA 11%
17 7 landings
UA 0%
11 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 46 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
3.3
flights/day · 98 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (4.0 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 89 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

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