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Area code 316
Area code 316 covers Wichita, Kansas. We hold 2,900 allocated blocks for it across 14 rate centres, split 41% mobile, 42% landline and 17% VoIP.
How far area code 316 reaches
Area code 316 covers 14 rate centres, so two 316 numbers are not always a local call to each other.
A rate centre is a billing boundary rather than a postal one, which is why an area code can span several and a single city can contain many. It is also why the code alone cannot place a subscriber beyond a rough region.
Kansas is split across 4 area codes — 785, 620, 913, 316. By allocated blocks 316 is the 4th largest of them, holding 17% of the Kansas total.
Where 316 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Garden Pl is shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 316 |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 1,905 | 66% |
| El Dorado | 174 | 6% |
| Newton | 171 | 6% |
| Goddard | 116 | 4% |
| Whitewater | 83 | 3% |
| Towanda | 62 | 2% |
| Andale | 48 | 2% |
| Halstead | 46 | 2% |
| Mount Hope | 46 | 2% |
| Cheney | 45 | 2% |
| Benton | 42 | 1% |
| Douglass | 38 | 1% |
| Garden Pl | 35 | 1% |
| Leon | 30 | 1% |
Carriers holding the most 316 blocks
Southwestern Bell466 blocks
AT&T Wireless401 blocks
Onvoy338 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.255 blocks
Verizon Wireless235 blocks
Comcast Ip Phone, Llc179 blocks
The largest holder, Southwestern Bell, has 16% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 316 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 316 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 316?
Area code 316 covers Wichita, Kansas, spanning 14 rate centres.
Is a 316 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 316 the split runs 41% mobile, 42% landline and 17% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 316 numbers?
The largest holders are Southwestern Bell, AT&T Wireless, Onvoy. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 316 numbers are there?
The code holds 2,900 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 316 covers on the order of 2,900,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.