Bessemer Ntl Airport
EKY · KEKY · Bessemer, Alabama · Jefferson County · map
Bessemer Ntl Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bessemer, 3 miles southeast of Bessemer, Alabama, 700 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 137 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 102,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bessemer Ntl Airport?
Its FAA code is EKY, and its ICAO code is KEKY.
Where is Bessemer Ntl Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Bessemer, Alabama, 700 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bessemer Ntl Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,007 feet long, asphalt.
Does Bessemer Ntl Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bessemer Ntl Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Bessemer Ntl Airport?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Nashville International, Westchester County, Washington Dulles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Bessemer Ntl Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Hka Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bessemer Ntl Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bessemer Ntl Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EKY · ICAO KEKY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bessemer
- Elevation
- 700 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,007 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 33 ft high 1,136 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 598 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.75 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.9 | |
| Eky and aWOS-3PT | 118.825 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 205-424-3127.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Shelby County (11 nm southeast), Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (17 nm northeast), Chilton County (32 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 3 departures from EKY in those twelve months, carrying 2 passengers in 24 seats (8% filled), to 3 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer Ntl → Nashville International EKY–BNA | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Bessemer Ntl → Westchester County EKY–HPN | 1 | 1 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Bessemer Ntl → Washington Dulles International EKY–IAD | 1 | 1 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 3 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 91 |
| multi-engine | 19 |
| jets | 15 |
| helicopters | 12 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 102,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 58,900 |
| general aviation, local | 43,700 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bessemer from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Bessemer, Alabama: 5 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alabama.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Hka Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hoover, 8 miles away
Repair stations in Bessemer:
- Mid-South Avionics INC Mid-South Avionics is a repair station specializing in avionics installation, maintenance, and repair services for general aviation and small business aircraft.
- Southcoast Propeller Service INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 4 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- Harvey John Schwab instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Helena, AL (2 nm) · (205) 999-6540 · [email protected]
- Fredric Mark Newman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, helicopters · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (9 nm) · (205) 527-8118 · [email protected]
- Charles Welden private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · WaterWings Seaplanes Hangar · Calera, AL (16 nm) · (205) 807-3591 · [email protected]
- Ken Spivey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Shelby County Airport · Calera, AL (16 nm) · (205) 706-4166 · [email protected]
- Greg Harper Muse instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport · Birmingham, AL (17 nm) · (256) 375-8012 · [email protected]
- Mark Gregory Etheredge private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pell City, AL (37 nm) · (205) 218-3334 · [email protected]
- David Lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Jasper, AL (40 nm) · (931) 377-7502 · [email protected]
- Joseph Gordon Sanders private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SANDERS AVIATION · Jasper, AL (40 nm) · (204) 913-6058 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bessemer 11 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 business jets
- Hka Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mid-South Avionics INC · repair station
- Southcoast Propeller Service INC · repair station
- Nashville International (BNA) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Westchester County (HPN) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EKY.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.