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KBEC Beech Factory Airport
Wichita, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 MAY 2023

Location

FAA Identifier: BEC
Lat/Long: 37-41-38.1000N 097-12-53.7000W
37-41.635000N 097-12.895000W
37.6939167,-97.2149167
(estimated)
Elevation: 1408.6 ft. / 429.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 04E (2015)
From city: 5 miles E of WICHITA, KS
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 67206

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Control tower: yes
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ICT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0700-1730
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT REIL RWY 01 AND 19; MIRL RWY 01/19 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 126.8
UNICOM: 122.95
WX AWOS-3PT: 119.45 (316-515-7116)
BEECH GROUND: 121.7 [0700-1730 MON-FRI]
BEECH TOWER: 126.8 313.6 [0700-1730 MON-FRI]
WICHITA APPROACH: 134.8
WICHITA DEPARTURE: 134.8
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 125.0 ;WHEN TWR CLSD
EMERG: 121.5
WX ASOS at AAO (3 nm N): 134.025 (316-636-2541)
WX AWOS-3P at 3AU (7 nm E): 124.175 (316-733-6696)
WX AWOS-2 at 1K1 (7 nm NE): 118.3 (316-530-6004)
WX ASOS at ICT (11 nm W): PHONE 316-945-8022
WX AWOS-3P at EQA (19 nm E): 120.875 (316-322-8095)
  • OTHER TIMES BY NOTAM; CHECK WITH FLT SVS OR WICHITA APCH CTL ON FREQ 134.8.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ICTr093/17.8WICHITA VORTAC113.8007E
HUTr114/38.6HUTCHINSON VOR/DME116.8004E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
PICHE055/13.433204EIC .. -.-.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 8001 x 100 ft. / 2439 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Double wheel: 75.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 37-40.989148N37-42.280905N
Longitude: 097-13.061048W097-12.730177W
Elevation: 1371.2 ft.1408.6 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 007 magnetic, 011 true187 magnetic, 191 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT COMPANY
10511 E. CENTRAL
WICHITA, KS 67201
Phone (316) 515-5300
Manager: TODD BAYLESS
10511 E. CENTRAL
WICHITA, KS 67201
Phone (316) 515-8365

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 77
Single engine airplanes: 21
Multi engine airplanes: 29
Jet airplanes: 10
Military aircraft: 17
    
Aircraft operations: avg 90/day *
81% local general aviation
14% military
5% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 13 August 2019

Additional Remarks

- ARR & DEP ACFT MAINTAIN 2200 FT MSL WITHIN 5 MILES OF FIELD DUE TO AFB TRAFFIC.
- PRKG UNAVBL EXC 4 HRS PPR CALL 316-515-7140.
- EXTENSIVE TRAINING ACTIVITIES
- RWY 19 CALM WIND RWY.
- ARRS FROM THE W CROSS MIDFIELD ENTER DNWND.
- DEER, COYOTE & MIGRATORY WATER FOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
- PPR FOR PARKING OR TAXIING WEST SIDE OF RY.
- BE ALERT COL JAMES JABARA ARPT 3 MILES NORTH 1/2 MILE WEST OF ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 18 May 2023 at 0901Z to 15 June 2023 at 0900z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01   download (272KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (268KB)
VOR-B   download (208KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (147KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCEA - Cessna Aircraft Field Airport (3 nm SW)
KAAO - Colonel James Jabara Airport (3 nm N)
KIAB - Mc Connell Air Force Base (5 nm SW)
3AU - Augusta Municipal Airport (7 nm E)
1K1 - Lloyd Stearman Field Airport (7 nm NE)
KICT - Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport (11 nm W)
KEQA - El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport (19 nm E)
  
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Photo taken 03-Oct-2009
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From to KBEC

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Jun-2023
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3710:37
Sunrise06:0811:08
Sunset20:4901:49
Evening civil twilight21:2002:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Jun-2023 22:24:38
Local (UTC-5)  10-Jun-2023 17:24:38
 
METAR
KBEC 102155Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM BKN050 27/17 A2973 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02730170
KAAO 
3nm N 		102154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 28/17 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP054 T02780167
KIAB 
5nm SW 		102155Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP048 T02790171 $
K3AU 
7nm E 		102155Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM SCT045 SCT050 27/15 A2974 RMK AO2
KICT 
11nm W 		102153Z 28006KT 10SM SCT050 SCT090 BKN180 28/18 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP051 T02830178
KEQA 
19nm E 		102155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT039 BKN048 A2974 RMK AO2
TAF
KIAB 
5nm SW 		101800Z 1018/1124 VRB06KT 9999 BKN200 QNH2965INS BECMG 1106/1107 21012KT 9999 VCTS BKN060CB QNH2970INS TEMPO 1107/1111 21015G25KT 8000 -TSRA BKN060CB BECMG 1114/1115 35012G22KT 9999 NSW BKN030 QNH2980INS TX32/1021Z TN17/1112Z
KICT 
11nm W 		101734Z 1018/1118 31007KT P6SM SCT050 SCT100 FM110700 31009KT P6SM VCTS BKN070CB PROB30 1107/1112 4SM TSRA BKN035CB FM111300 33011KT P6SM BKN030
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