Bel Aire, Kansas

**Bel Aire** is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is a suburb of Wichita. In 2020, 8,262 people lived there.

## History

Bel Aire was created in January 1955 when a group of local residents asked the county government to create it. They wanted this place to be an improvement district for water.

On November 26, 1980, Bel Aire officially incorporated as a city. This was after a two-year legal dispute with the Wichita city government. The dispute was about whether or not Pratt had the right to become its own city. The case went to the Kansas Supreme Court, and the Court ruled in Bel Aire's favor.

## Geography

Bel Aire is at  (37.763758, −97.266177). It has an elevation of 1,394 feet (425 m). It is on the north side of the East Fork of Chisholm Creek. It is about  northeast of the Arkansas River in the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands region of the Great Plains. It is on the south side of K-254 in south-central Kansas. Bel Aire is within the Wichita metropolitan area, bordered by Wichita to the south and west and bordered by Kechi to the north.

The United States Census Bureau says the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

## People

Bel Aire is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 8,262 people, 3,080 households, and 2,234 families living in Bel Aire. Of the households, 76.0% owned their home and 24.0% rented their home.

The median age was 38.3 years. Of the people, 74.3% were White, 9.9% were Black, 4.6% were Asian, 0.5% were Native American, 2.0% were from some other race, and 8.7% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.6% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 6,769 people, 2,465 households, and 1,854 families living in Bel Aire.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Bel Aire
- Bel Aire - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 259, local school district
- USD 375, local school district
- Maps
- Bel Aire City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bel Aire, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Sedgwick_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bel_Aire_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Sedgwick Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1955
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1980
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 6.79
- **area land sq mi**: 6.76
- **area water sq mi**: 0.03
- **area total km2**: 17.60
- **area land km2**: 17.52
- **area water km2**: 0.08
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1394
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 8262
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 67220, 67226
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 316, 316
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-05400
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 473837