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Bessemer Airport
NAIP aerial image, 2006
IATA: none – ICAO: KEKY – FAA LID: EKY
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Bessemer
Serves Bessemer, Alabama
Elevation AMSL 700 ft / 213 m
Coordinates 33°18′45″N 086°55′35″W / 33.3125°N 86.92639°W / 33.3125; -86.92639
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 6,007 1,831 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 102,600
Based aircraft 99
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Bessemer Airport (ICAO: KEKY, FAA LID: EKY, formerly 2A3) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a reliever airport for the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EKY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and Aircraft

Bessemer Airport covers an area of 380 acres (154 ha) at an elevation of 700 feet (213 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,007 by 100 feet (1,831 x 30 m). An Instrument Landing System was installed in 2000. The airport received funding to expand the runway from 5,700 feet (1,737 m). Bessemer Airport also has a facility for aircraft restoration and maintenance run by Premier Aviation. A Civil Air Patrol squadron also operates from this airport.

For the 12-month period ending January 27, 2010, the airport had 102,600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 281 per day. At that time there were 99 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 7% jet and 3% helicopter.



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Bessemer Airport

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:

2005-10-27

Airport Identifier:

EKY

Longitude/Latitude:

086-55-33.3080W/33-18-46.3840N
-86.925919/33.312884 (Estimated)

Elevation:

699 ft / 213.06 m (Surveyed)

Land:

380 acres

From nearest city:

3 nautical miles SE of Bessemer, AL

Location:

Jefferson County, AL

Magnetic Variation:

00E (1990)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:

Publicly owned

Owner:

City Of Bessemer

Address:

1800 N Third Ave
Bessemer, AL 35020

Phone number:

205-424-4060

Manager:

Tommy Morrow

Address:

900 Mitchell Field Rd
Bessemer, AL 35022

Phone number:

205-425-9500

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:

Open to public

Wind indicator:

Yes

Segmented Circle:

Yes

Control Tower:

No

Attendance Schedule:

ALL/ALL/0730-2000

Lighting Schedule:

DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 - CTAF.

Beacon Color:

Clear-Green (lighted land airport)

Landing fee charge:

No

Sectional chart:

Atlanta

Region:

ASO - Southern

Boundary ARTCC:

ZTL - Atlanta

Tie-in FSS:

ANB - Anniston

FSS on Airport:

No

FSS Phone:

256-832-2100

FSS Toll Free:

1-800-WX-BRIEF

NOTAMs Facility:

ANB (NOTAM-d service avaliable)

Federal Agreements:

NGY

Airport Communications

CTAF:

123.000

Unicom:

123.000 

Airport Services

Fuel available:

100LLA
FOR FUEL AFTER HRS CALL 205-425-9500.

Airframe Repair:

MAJOR

Power Plant Repair:

MAJOR

Bottled Oxygen:

NONE

Bulk Oxygen:

NONE

Runway Information

Runway 05/23

Dimension:

5700 x 100 ft / 1737.4 x 30.5 m

Surface:

ASPH, Good Condition

Weight Limit:

Single wheel: 60000 lbs.
Dual wheel: 60000 lbs.

Edge Lights:

Medium

 

Runway 05

Runway 23

Longitude:

086-55-58.9620W

086-55-07.6520W

Latitude:

33-18-28.1870N

33-19-04.5790N

Elevation:

699.00 ft

700.00 ft

Alignment:

50

127

ILS Type:

ILS/DME

 

Traffic Pattern:

Left

Left

Markings:

Non-precision instrument, Poor Condition
/23 MARKINGS FADED.

Non-precision instrument, Poor Condition

VASI:

2-box on left side

2-box on left side

Runway End Identifier:

Yes

Yes

Obstruction:

, 50:1 slope to clear

33 ft trees, 1250.0 ft from runway, 31:1 slope to clear

Radio Navigation Aids

ID

Type

Name

Ch

Freq

Var

Dist

BEQ

NDB

Bessemer

 

368.00

00E

0.1 nm

BH

NDB

Mcden

 

224.00

01W

12.6 nm

SCD

NDB

Sylacauga

 

284.00

03W

31.7 nm

GGY

NDB

Gragg-wade

 

338.00

01E

31.9 nm

PLR

NDB

Pell City

 

257.00

01E

37.0 nm

TDG

VOR/DME

Talladega

025X

108.80

02E

47.0 nm

OKW

VORTAC

Brookwood

047X

111.00

00E

16.9 nm

VUZ

VORTAC

Vulcan

091X

114.40

02E

21.5 nm

LDK

VORTAC

Crimson

125X

117.80

03E

30.9 nm

BHM

VOT

Birmingham Muni

 

110.00

 

17.3 nm

 

Bessemer Airport

Jefferson County, AL

Tel: 205-425-9500


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General Info
Country United States
State ALABAMA
FAA ID EKY
Latitude 33-18-46.384N
Longitude 086-55-33.308W
Elevation 700 feet
Near City BESSEMER

 




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