Bel Aire is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,262.
History
Bel Aire was founded in January 1955 when a group of local residents petitioned the county government to create it as an improvement district for water.
On November 26, 1980, Bel Aire formally incorporated as a city, despite a two-year legal dispute with the Wichita city government over whether or not it had the right to do so. The case ultimately went to the Kansas Supreme Court, which ruled in Bel Aire's favor.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.