Great Bend Municipal Airport

USGS 2006 orthophoto

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°WCoordinates: 38°20′39″N 098°51′33″W / 38.34417°N 98.85917°W

Website

http://www.greatbendks.net/index.aspx?nid=190

Map

GBD

Location in Kansas

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	7,851	2,393	Asphalt
11/29	4,706	1,434	Asphalt

Statistics (2011)

Aircraft operations	21,181
Based aircraft	31

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft operations	21,181
Based aircraft	31

Great Bend Municipal Airport (IATA: GBD, ICAO: KGBD, FAA LID: GBD) is five miles west of Great Bend, in Barton County, Kansas. It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The Federal Aviation Administration says this airport had 1,407 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 927 in 2009, and 719 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires 2,500 enplanements per year).

During World War II the facility was Great Bend Army Airfield and was used for United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force training. 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.

The airport is the site of the first nationwide NHRA event, held in 1955.

The airport covers 1,887 acres (764 ha) at an elevation of 1,887 feet (575 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 7,851 by 100 feet (2,393 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 4,706 by 75 feet (1,434 x 23 m).

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