Stephens County
BKD · KBKD · Breckenridge, Texas · Stephens County · map
Stephens County is a public-use airport owned by Stephens County, 2 miles south of Breckenridge, Texas, 1,284 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 15,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBKD · observed 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KBKD 062315Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 31/08 A2998 RMK AO2 T03110083
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 BKD · ICAO KBKD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Stephens County
- Elevation
- 1,284 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,401 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 04/22 | 2,398 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 528 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 13: trees 25 ft high 305 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 120 ft, trees 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 04: tree 20 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 25 ft high 400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bkd and aWOS-3 | 120.175 | |
| Mineral Wells Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 254-559-5525.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Breckenridge from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Breckenridge, Texas: 14 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 4 feet fence 150 feet dstc air carriers approach; 18 feet trees 150 feet - 200 feet dstc.
- 4 feet fence 39-141 feet dstc; 125 feet R.
- 10 feet brush, feet 0-199 feet dstc, 85 feet L.
- 5 feet fence 150 feet dstc air carriers approach; 20 feet trees and brush 150 feet dstc.
- 21 feet trees 89 dstc, 130 feet R.
- Approach slope 8:1 to displaced threshold ovr 25 feet tree, 218 feet dstc.
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.