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KBPG · HCA

Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport

32.21260°N
-101.52200°W
ARR / DAY
3
100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
71.4%

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 8,803 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
10 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBPG 120135Z AUTO 11010KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A3001 RMK AO2 T03350138

Runway intelligence

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

06
61% of ops
67 land · 4 TO
35
18% of ops
20 land · 9 TO
17
14% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
24
6% of ops
7 land · 14 TO
Runway 06 carries 61% of operations (67 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

06 67 landings
UA 4%
35 20 landings
UA 0%
17 15 landings
UA 0%
24 7 landings
UA 29%
Approaches to 06 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 67 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
3.9
flights/day · 116 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 4pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.1 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 102 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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