KBEC — Beech Factory
Wichita, KS · field elevation 1,409 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBEC current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBEC 100255Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3015 RMK AO2 T01170065
- Wind
- from 180° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 12 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,064 ft · pressure altitude 1,179 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 180° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 01 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 6 nm. Last image 3 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KBEC — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KBEC — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.69392, -97.21492
- Elevation
- 1,409 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1304Z / 2321Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-1730 MON-FRI
- Magnetic variation
- 4°E (2015)
- Sectional
- Wichita
- County
- Sedgwick, KS
Airport diagram
Everything else KBEC publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 8,001 | 100 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0700-1730 MON-FRI
- 126.8
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN TWR CLSD
- 125.0
- CTAF
- 126.8
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 134.8
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KAAO Colonel James Jabara3 nm
- KIAB Mc Connell AFB5 nm
- KICT Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl11 nm
- KEQA El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Meml19 nm
- KEWK Newton-City-County22 nm
- KEGT Wellington Muni24 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBEC airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kansas airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.