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KBEC
Airport
Beech Factory
Wichita, Kansas

FAA NFDC Information Effective 56-day cycle 11/20/2008 - 1/15/2009

Ops Comms Services Owner Runways IFR Procs Remarks

Location

FAA/ICAO Identifier:BEC / KBEC
Lat/Lng: 37.694475, -97.2149888889
37-41-40.1100N, 097-12-53.9600W
Estimated by ADAM
Elevation: 1408 feet Surveyed
Magnetic Variation: 06E, (2000), [5E (2008)]
Sectional: WICHITA
From City: 5nm E of Wichita

Operations

Use: Open to the public
Airspace Analysis: NOT ANALYZED
Existed Prior to 1959.
Ownership: Privately owned
Activation: 04/1940
Attended: All year Mon-Fri 0700-1730 (local)
Control Tower: yes 0700-1730 MON-FRI (local) Other Times by Notam; Check with Flight Svs or Wichita Approach Control on Frequency 134.8.
Type: ATCT
Hours: 9
Days Tower Operational: WDO
ARTCC: Kansas City Center (ZKC)
FSS: Wichita FSS (ICT)
NOTAMs and Weather: ICT NOTAM-D service at airport
Wind Indicator: Lighted
Segmented Circle: yes
Lights: Dusk-Dawn (local time), When ATCT Closed Activate MIRL Runway 18/36; REIL Runways 18; 36 - 122.7.
Beacon: Clear-Green (Lighted Land Airport)
Landing Fee: no

Communications

CTAF: 122.700
CTAF 122.7 When Beech Factory ATCT Closed.
UNICOM: 122.950
Tower:
Contact 'Beech Tower'
126.8, 313.6
Ground:
Contact 'Beech Ground'
121.7
Approach:
Contact 'WICHITA' Approach
134.8, 269.1
Departure:
Contact 'WICHITA' Departure
134.8, 269.1
Emergency:
121.5
Other: ---ATCT 125.0
---CD/P 125.0
---FACTORY 125.0
---(WHEN 125.0
---BEECH 125.0
---CLSD) 125.0
Master Airport: ICT (WICHITA MID-CONTINENT)

Services

Fuel: Grade 100LL Gasoline (low lead blue)
Jet A - Kerosene, freeze point -40C
Call 316-676-7140 for Fuel.
Airframe Repair: None
Powerplant Repair: None
Bottled Oxygen: None
Transient Storage: Tie-Down

Based Aircraft

Single Engine GA: 21
Multi Engine GA: 29
Jet GA: 10
Military: 17
Total: 77

Annual Operations

For year ending: 05/13/2008
Local GA (< 20 miles): 26500
Non-local GA: 1700
Military Operations: 4500
Total: 32700

Ownership

Owner: Hawker Aircraft Company
9709 E. Central
Wichita, Ks 67201
316-676-5300
Manager: Larry Forister
9709 E. Central
Wichita, Ks 67201
316-676-8179

Runways

Runways: 18/36

Runway 18/36

Length: 8000 feet
Width: 100 feet
Surface: Porland Cement Concrete, Good Condition
Runway Lights Edge Intensity: Med Intensity
End 18 End 36
True Alignment: 191, (186 Magnetic) 011, (006 Magnetic)
Right Hand Pattern:   Yes
Runway Markings: Basic, Good Condition Basic, Good Condition
Elevation at End: 1408.0' MSL 1370.0' MSL
Elevation at Touchdown Zone: 1408' MSL 1386' MSL
Threshold Crossing Glide Path Height: 45' AGL 45' AGL
Visual Glide Path Angle: 3.00° 3.00°
Visual Glide Slope Indicator: 4-light PAPI on left side of runway 4-light PAPI on left side of runway
Runway End Identifer Lights (REIL): Yes Yes
Objects affecting Navigable Airspace (CFR part 77): Utility runway with a nonprecision approach Utility runway with a nonprecision approach
Object Clearance Slope: 50:1 50:1

Procedures

Additional Remarks

A110*G-This Airport Has Been Surveyed by the National Geodetic Survey.
Arrival & Departure Aircraft Maintain 2200 Ft MSL Within 5 Miles of Field Due to AFB Traffic.
Arrivals from the West Enter the Pattern East Along 13Th St.
CTAF 122.7 Used Jointly with Jabara Airport When Beech ATCT Closed.
Deer, Coyote & Migratory Water Fowl on & in View of Airport.
Prior Permission for Parking or Taxiing West Side of Runway.
be Alert Col James Jabara Airport 3 Miles North 1/2 Mile West of Airport.
When Tower Closed Contact Security on Unicom Frequency When Clear of Runway.

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