# Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD / KGBD)

**Great Bend Municipal Airport** (IATA: GBD, ICAO: KGBD) is a small airport in Great Bend, Kansas, United States. It opened in Jun 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,852 ft (2,393 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GBD / KGBD
- FAA: GBD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Great Bend, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Jun 1943
- Elevation: 1,887 ft / 575 m
- Coordinates: 38.3443, -98.8592
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,852 ft / 2,393 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.greatbendks.net/index.aspx?nid=190
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bend_Municipal_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914445
- Weather station: KGBD
- Ident: KGBD

## Timeline

- Jun 1943: Great Bend Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 7,852 ft / 2,393 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 11/29 | 4,706 ft / 1,434 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00175AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,852 ft / 2,393 m | =2,934 of 29,858 | =622 in North America | =464 in US |
| Elevation | 1,887 ft / 575 m | #9,468 of 43,403 | #4,274 in North America | #3,233 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.275 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 118.800 |
| RDO | WICHITA RDO | 122.500 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kgbd/data