Beech Factory Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located five nautical miles (9 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Wichita

Wichita, Kansas

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, a city in Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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. It is privately owned by the Hawker Beechcraft Corporation.

Facilities and aircraft

Beech Factory Airport covers an area of 1280 acres (518 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,408 feet (429 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 18/36 with a concrete

Concrete

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 surface measuring 8,000 by 100 feet (2,438 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 13, 2008, the airport had 32,700 aircraft operations, an average of 89 per day: 86% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 14% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 77 aircraft based at this airport: 27% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 38% multi-engine, 13% jet

Jet aircraft

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 and 22% military

Military aircraft

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External links

• Beech Factory Airport at Kansas DOT Airport Directory