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KBEC Beech Factory Airport
Wichita, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

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 -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving 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 316-800-1006
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
Obstructions: none35 ft. trees, 1150 ft. from runway, 360 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear

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

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 19 February 2026 at 0901Z to 19 March 2026 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01   download (261KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (257KB)
VOR-B   download (196KB)
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)
K50 - Cook Airfield (8 nm S)
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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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Mar-2026
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2912:29
Sunrise06:5612:56
Sunset18:2500:25
Evening civil twilight18:5100:51

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Mar-2026 03:36:59
Local (UTC-6)  05-Mar-2026 21:36:59
 
METAR
KBEC 060315Z AUTO 14012G16KT 10SM OVC021 16/16 A2980 RMK AO2 T01640162
KAAO 
3nm N 		060305Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM BKN023 16/14 A2979 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T01560144
KIAB 
5nm SW 		060314Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM -RA SCT022 17/16 A2977 RMK AO2 RAB14 SLP081 $
K3AU 
7nm E 		060315Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM BKN024 BKN042 16/15 A2981 RMK AO2
KICT 
11nm W 		060253Z 16010KT 9SM FEW009 BKN021 BKN031 OVC140 16/15 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP079 60000 T01610150 55005
KEQA 
19nm E 		060315Z AUTO 14015G21KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2980 RMK AO2
TAF
KIAB 
5nm SW 		060200Z 0602/0708 17012KT 9999 OVC005 QNH2985INS BECMG 0602/0603 16015G25KT 6000 -SHRA VCTS BKN007 OVC020CB QNH2969INS TEMPO 0604/0610 VRB30G50KT 1600 +TSRAGR BKN005 OVC020CB BECMG 0609/0610 18015G25KT 9999 NSW BKN007 OVC015 520005 QNH2968INS BECMG 0613/0614 18025G35KT 9999 SCT007 BKN010 OVC020 520005 QNH2970INS BECMG 0704/0705 VRB25G40KT 4800 TSRA SCT005 BKN010CB OVC020 QNH2969INS TX21/0621Z TN16/0602Z
KICT 
11nm W 		060229Z 0602/0624 15014KT 5SM BR VCTS OVC009CB WS020/19055KT TEMPO 0603/0607 VRB35G45KT 1SM TSRA OVC004CB FM060900 19016G25KT P6SM OVC008 WS020/19045KT FM061500 18020G30KT P6SM BKN009
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