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Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport

38.84000°N
-86.44540°W
ARR / DAY
0
75.0%
DEP / DAY
0
80.0%

Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (KBFR/BFR) is a small general aviation airport located in Bedford, IN, 55 mi north west of Louisville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,501 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBFR 111035Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM FEW010 SCT080 SCT120 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 PRESRR

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

24
61% of ops
43 land · 0 TO
13
24% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
06
10% of ops
7 land · 9 TO
31
4% of ops
3 land · 2 TO
Runway 24 carries 61% of operations (43 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

24 43 landings
UA 0%
13 17 landings
UA 0%
06 7 landings
UA 0%
31 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 43 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.4
flights/day · 43 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.2 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 123.675
APCH 327.000
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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