Great Bend Municipal Airport
| Great Bend Municipal Airport Great Bend AAF |
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| 2006 USGS aerial photo | |||
| IATA: GBD – ICAO: KGBD – FAA LID: GBD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Great Bend | ||
| Serves | Great Bend, Kansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,887 ft / 575 m | ||
| Coordinates | 38°20′39″N 098°51′33″W / 38.34417°N 98.85917°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 4,706 | 1,434 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 7,851 | 2,393 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 19,146 | ||
| Based aircraft | 33 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
- For the World War II use of this facility, see Great Bend Army Airfield
Great Bend Municipal Airport (IATA: GBD, ICAO: KGBD, FAA LID: GBD) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Great Bend, a city in Barton County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Great Bend Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,887 acres (764 ha) at an elevation of 1,887 feet (575 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 7,851 by 150 feet (2,393 x 46 m) and 11/29 is 4,706 by 75 feet (1,434 x 23 m) ).[1]
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2008, the airport had 19,146 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 81% general aviation, 10% scheduled commercial, 10% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine and 30% multi-engine.[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Great Lakes Airlines | Denver, Dodge City, Garden City, Hays[2] |
[edit] Other
The airport is the site of the first nationwide NHRA event, held in 1955.
[edit] History
[edit] World War II
During World War II, the facility was known as Great Bend Army Airfield and was used as a United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force training field. It was one of the first B-29 Superfortress bases, used to organize XXI Bomber Command before it deployed to the Western Pacific in 1944. It was closed during the late 1940s and turned over to civil control.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for GBD (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ Great Lakes Airlines Timetable http://greatlakesav.com/time_table/doc_files/time_table.pdf, effective 18 Oct 2010
[edit] External links
- Municipal Airport at City of Great Bend website
- FAA Airport Diagram for Great Bend Municipal (GBD) (PDF), effective 12 January 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Great Bend Municipal (GBD), effective 12 January 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KGBD
- ASN accident history for GBD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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