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KEKY Bessemer Airport
Bessemer, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: EKY
Lat/Long: 33-18-45.4000N / 086-55-34.7000W
33-18.756667N / 086-55.578333W
33.3126111 / -86.9263056
(estimated)
Elevation: 700 ft. / 213.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 00E (1990)
From city: 3 miles SE of BESSEMER, AL
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 35022

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1973
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ANB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0700-2000
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3: 118.825 (205-424-3127)
BIRMINGHAM APPROACH: 124.9
BIRMINGHAM DEPARTURE: 124.9
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 123.75
WX ASOS at EET (11 nm SE): 134.325 (205-663-5881)
WX ASOS at BHM (17 nm NE): PHONE 205-591-6172

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OKWr075/16.8BROOKWOOD VORTAC111.0000E
VUZr182/21.5VULCAN VORTAC114.4002E
LDKr081/30.8CRIMSON VORTAC117.8003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MCDEN200/12.622401WBH -... ....
SYLACAUGA288/31.628403WSCD ... -.-. -..
GRAGG-WADE329/31.833801EGGY --. --. -.--
PELL CITY245/37.025701EPLR .--. .-.. .-.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A+
FOR FUEL AFTER HRS CALL 205-425-9500.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 6007 x 100 ft. / 1831 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 60.0
Double wheel: 60.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 33-18.437102N33-19.076205N
Longitude: 086-56.028720W086-55.127518W
Elevation: 699.3 ft.699.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 050230
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left
VASI OTS INDEFLY.
2-box VASI on left
VASI OTS INDEFLY.
Runway end identifier lights: yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY.
yes
REIL OTS INDEFLY.
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME
Obstructions: none38 ft. trees, 1422 ft. from runway, 9 ft. right of centerline, 32:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF BESSEMER
1800 N THIRD AVE
BESSEMER, AL 35020
Phone 205-424-4060
Manager: RICK RUSHING
900 MITCHELL FIELD RD
BESSEMER, AL 35022
Phone 205-425-9500

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 99
Single engine airplanes: 69
Multi engine airplanes: 20
Jet airplanes: 7
Helicopters: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 281/day *
57% transient general aviation
43% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 13 February 2008

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 between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC RWY 05   download (251KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 05   download (257KB)
GPS RWY 23   download (199KB)
VOR RWY 05   download (234KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (50KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEET - Shelby County Airport (11 nm SE)
KBHM - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (17 nm NE)
0A8 - Bibb County Airport (24 nm S)
02A - Gragg-Wade Field Airport (32 nm SE)
KSCD - Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (32 nm E)
 
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From to KEKY

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 02-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0812:08
Sunrise06:3512:35
Sunset16:3922:39
Evening civil twilight17:0623:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Dec-2009 02:51:34
Local (UTC-6)  02-Dec-2009 20:51:34
 
METAR
KEET 
11nm SE 
030153Z AUTO 27008G18KT 10SM BKN032 11/06 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP054 T01060056
KBHM 
18nm NE 
030228Z 25016G21KT 10SM BKN023 BKN029 OVC034 11/07 A2971 RMK AO2
TAF
KEET 
11nm SE 
030112Z 0301/0324 25012G17KT P6SM SCT025 TEMPO 0302/0304 BKN025 FM030400 28012KT P6SM OVC025 FM030600 30010KT P6SM OVC015 FM031200 31008KT P6SM OVC025 FM032100 31006KT P6SM OVC040
KBHM 
18nm NE 
022339Z 0300/0324 26013G22KT P6SM BKN024 OVC035 TEMPO 0300/0301 -RA FM030100 28013G20KT P6SM OVC025 FM030600 30010KT P6SM OVC015 FM031200 31008KT P6SM OVC025 FM032100 32008KT P6SM OVC040
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Birmingham Executive Aviation 205-425-9500
[web site]
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Passenger terminal and lounge, Rental cars, Pilots lounge / snooze room, ...

More info about Birmingham Executive Aviation
ExxonMobil
100LL Jet A
FS $4.15 $4.19 
GUARANTEED
  14 read  write
FS=Full service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Bessemer Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Bessemer Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KEKY have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY CARLSON, BESSEMER, AL 6.0 89-169
ECONO LODGE OXMOOR 11.8 54-65
SLEEP INN BESSEMER 1.7 80-99
JAMESON INN BESSEMER 5.8 85-86
 

Other hotels near Bessemer Airport

Miles Price ($)
RENAISSANCE ROSS BRIDGE RESORT 4.8 169-1200
DAYS INN BESSEMER 5.6 44-69
COMFORT INN BESSEMER 5.8 90-101
VALUE PLACE BESSEMER 5.8 
FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY MARRIOTT BESSEMER 5.8 99-100
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES BESSEMER 5.9 96-129

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Bessemer Airport

8 in Bessemer
8 in Pelham
1 in Alabaster
8 in Homewood
64 in Birmingham
3 in Calera
 

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