Beech Factory Airport
BEC · KBEC · Wichita, Kansas · Sedgwick County · map
Beech Factory Airport is a public-use airport owned by Beechcraft Aircraft Company, 5 miles east of Wichita, Kansas, 1,409 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 8,001 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.
Weather right now KBEC · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 56°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBEC 062015Z AUTO 21012KT 10SM CLR 28/14 A3000 RMK AO2 T02840136
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BEC · ICAO KBEC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Beechcraft Aircraft Company
- Elevation
- 1,409 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 5:30 pm mon-fri
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 8,001 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 35 ft high 1,150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.8 | Beech |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 125.0 | Beech |
| Ground | 121.7 | Beech |
| Approach and departure | 134.8 | Beech |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Beech |
| Bec and aWOS-3PT | 119.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 316-515-7116.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Wichita from the FAA register
1,312 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita, Kansas: 705 piston singles, 182 turboprops, 174 business jets, 134 gliders, 69 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Arrival and departure aircraft maintain 2200 feet above sea level within 5 miles of field due to afb traffic.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Arrivals from the west cross midfield enter dnwnd.
- Deer, coyote and migratory water fowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Prior permission required for parking or taxiing west side of runway.
- Be alert col james jabara airport 3 miles north 1/2 mile west of airport.
- Extensive training activities
- Runway 19 calm wind runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.