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Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport

38.84000°N
-86.44540°W
ARR / DAY
1
55.6%
DEP / DAY
0
50.0%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBFR 251955Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM OVC017 22/20 A3004 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
60% of ops
56 land · 0 TO
31
20% of ops
19 land · 2 TO
13
16% of ops
15 land · 3 TO
06
4% of ops
4 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 60% of operations (56 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

24 56 landings
UA 0%
31 19 landings
UA 0%
13 15 landings
UA 0%
06 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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
1.5
flights/day · 44 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 12pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–3pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (2.0 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 35 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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