KEKY Bessemer Ntl

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 5 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 050° true at 3 kt · VFR · 47 min old

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5 60% 6007 ft · 3 kt head, 0 kt x-right

23 40% 6007 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 5 until 11-12 23:59Z

RWY 05 RWY END ID LGT U/S

APCH OTS RWY 5 until 02-19 16:03Z

IAP BESSEMER NTL, BESSEMER, AL.
ILS OR LOC RWY 5, AMDT 2B...
S-LOC 5: DME REQUIRED EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS.
MISSED APPROACH: CLIMB TO 1200 THEN CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO 3000 ON HEADING 005 AND VUZ VORTAC R-180 TO VUZ VORTAC AND HOLD SW, RT, 050.00 INBOUND.
RADAR REQUIRED FOR PROCEDURE ENTRY EXCEPT FOR ACFT EQUIPPED WITH SUITABLE RNAV SYSTEM WITH GPS,
OKW VOR OUT OF SERVICE. 2607101603-2702191603EST

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 3 kt headwind, 0 kt right crosswind 47 min ago +0.10

Runway 23

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 0 kt left crosswind 47 min ago -0.29

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	47 min
ADSB	WARMING_UP	786 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KEKY field & runways

Bessemer Ntl, Bessemer, Alabama. Field elevation 700 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 3.0°W on record, 3.9°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.066°/year west — about 1° every 15 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
23	229.7°	233.6°	matches rule gives runway 24 in ~21 yr	6,007 ft	ASPH	left
5	49.7°	53.6°	matches rule gives runway 6 in ~21 yr	6,007 ft	ASPH	left	ILS

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KEKY ☆ Bessemer Ntl