KBED Laurence G Hanscom Field Airport
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KBED
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 132.0 ft
- Coordinates
- 42-28-11.8000N 071-17-20.4000W
- Lat / Long
- 42.4699444, -71.289
- Mag. variation
- 16W (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1943
- ARTCC
- BOSTON CENTER
- FSS
- BRIDGEPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- BED (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Pattern altitude
- 1000 FT AGL FIXED WING; 1500 FT AGL TURBOJET; 1800 FT AGL HEAVY JET ACFT.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 11 & 29; REIL RWY 05 & 23; HIRL RWY 11/29; MIRL RWY 05/23; TWY LGTS - 118.5.
- International operations
- US CUSTOMS USER FEE ARPT.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KBED
Runways
Longest 7011 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 7011 x 150 ft. / 2137 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 11
- Heading
- 113 magnetic, 097 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:7011 TODA:7011 ASDA:7011 LDA:7011
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 132.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 120 ft. hill, lighted, 1050 ft. from runway, 734 ft. right of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear
Runway 29
- Heading
- 293 magnetic, 277 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:7011 TODA:7011 ASDA:7011 LDA:7011
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 123.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
- Dimensions
- 5107 x 150 ft. / 1557 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 053 magnetic, 037 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5107 TODA:5107 ASDA:5107 LDA:5107
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 128.0 ft.
Runway 23
- Heading
- 233 magnetic, 217 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.20 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5107 TODA:5107 ASDA:5107 LDA:5107
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 127.8 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 4
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 3
Other charts 2
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 118.5
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 124.6
- Wx Asos
- 124.6 (781-372-5512)
- Hanscom Ground
- 121.7 [0700-2300]
- Hanscom Tower
- 118.5 257.2 [0700-2300]
- Boston Approach
- 124.4
- Boston Departure
- 124.4
- Clearance Delivery
- 121.85
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.