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📍 Bedford⬆ 727 ft2 runways
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Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport

38.84000°N
-86.44540°W
ARR / DAY
2
75.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBFR 241435Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3009 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
46% of ops
21 land · 1 TO
13
30% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
31
20% of ops
9 land · 2 TO
06
4% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
Runway 24 carries 46% of operations (21 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

24 21 landings
UA 0%
13 14 landings
UA 0%
31 9 landings
UA 0%
06 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
2.3
flights/day · 68 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.9 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 63 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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