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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
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
133.3%

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

2h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBFR 041555Z AUTO 27007KT 230V300 10SM CLR 34/25 A3004 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

24
36% of ops
30 land · 2 TO
13
33% of ops
28 land · 0 TO
31
25% of ops
21 land · 3 TO
06
6% of ops
5 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 36% of operations (30 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

24 30 landings
UA 0%
13 28 landings
UA 0%
31 21 landings
UA 0%
06 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
2.3
flights/day · 69 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (3.4 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% 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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