# Bessemer Airport (KEKY)

**Bessemer Airport** (ICAO: KEKY) is a small airport in Bessemer, Alabama, United States. It opened in Mar 1973. It has one runway, 6,007 ft (1,831 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KEKY
- FAA: EKY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bessemer, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Mar 1973
- Elevation: 700 ft / 213 m
- Coordinates: 33.3129, -86.9259
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,007 ft / 1,831 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://bessemerairportauthority.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619644
- Weather station: KEKY
- Ident: KEKY

## Timeline

- Mar 1973: Bessemer Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,007 ft / 1,831 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,007 ft / 1,831 m | =4,517 of 29,858 | =1,233 in North America | =963 in US |
| Elevation | 700 ft / 213 m | #23,456 of 43,403 | #11,197 in North America | #9,266 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 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 | BIRMINGHAM APP/DEP | 124.900 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.825 |
| CLD | BIRMINGHAM CLNC DEL | 123.750 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## 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/keky/data