KBEC Beech Factory Airport
Wichita, KS · 5 miles E of WICHITA, KS
Public
Towered
Privately-owned
ICAO KBEC
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1408.6 ft
- Coordinates
- 37-41-38.1000N 097-12-53.7000W
- Lat / Long
- 37.6939167, -97.2149167
- Mag. variation
- 04E (2015)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- 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
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT REIL RWY 01 AND 19; MIRL RWY 01/19 - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KBEC
Runways
Longest 8001 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 8001 x 100 ft. / 2439 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Double wheel 75.0
Runway 1
- Heading
- 007 magnetic, 011 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 1371.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 19
- Heading
- 187 magnetic, 191 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1408.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 35 ft. trees, 1150 ft. from runway, 360 ft. left of centerline, 27:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 1
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- 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
Services
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- TODD BAYLESS 10511 E. CENTRAL WICHITA, KS 67201 Phone 316-515-8365
- Manager phone
- 316-515-8365
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.