# Beech Factory Airport (BEC / KBEC)

**Beech Factory Airport** (IATA: BEC, ICAO: KBEC) is a small airport in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 8,001 ft (2,439 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbec

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BEC / KBEC
- FAA: BEC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 1,409 ft / 429 m
- Coordinates: 37.6945, -97.2150
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Factory_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654828
- Weather station: KBEC
- Ident: KBEC

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Beech Factory Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 011° / 191° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05141AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 1,409 ft / 429 m | #12,807 of 43,403 | #5,533 in North America | #4,237 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | WICHITA APP/DEP | 134.800 |
| CLD | WICHITA CLNC DEL | 125.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.800 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [KAAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaao.md) Colonel James Jabara Airport · 3.7 mi / 5.9 km
- [CEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcea.md) Cessna Aircraft Field · 3.7 mi / 6.0 km
- [29KS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0656.md) McMaster Gliderport · 5.1 mi / 8.1 km
- [13KS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/13ks.md) Daniel's Landing Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [IAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiab.md) McConnell Air Force Base · 5.8 mi / 9.3 km
- [44KS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/44ks.md) Vankirk Airport · 6.5 mi / 10 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbec/data