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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 102,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KEKY · observed 5:56 pm CDT (22:56 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (090°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 59°F (15°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 KEKY 062256Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02610150 PNO $
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 102,600, 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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
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.