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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
1
▼ 43.8%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 57.1%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
6 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBFR 121415Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
39% of ops
30 land · 0 TO
13
32% of ops
24 land · 3 TO
31
20% of ops
15 land · 1 TO
06
9% of ops
7 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 39% of operations (30 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

24 30 landings
UA 3%
13 24 landings
UA 0%
31 15 landings
UA 0%
06 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.8 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 84 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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