KBFR Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
Bedford, IN · 3 miles SE of BEDFORD, IN
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KBFR
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 727.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 38-50-24.1000N 086-26-43.3000W
- Lat / Long
- 38.8400278, -86.4453611
- Mag. variation
- 04W (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 03/1942
- ARTCC
- INDIANAPOLIS CENTER
- FSS
- TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- HUF (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0900-1700, ALL SAT 0900-1700 ARPT CLSD NEW YEARS, THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS DAY.
- Pattern altitude
- 1527.4 ft. MSL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 13 & 31; MIRL RWY 06/24 & 13/31 - CTAF. MIRL RWY 06/24 & 13/31 PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KBFR
Runways
Longest 4501 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 4501 x 100 ft. / 1372 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 25.0
Runway 13
- Heading
- 133 magnetic, 129 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 711.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 47 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 190 ft. right of centerline
Runway 31
- Heading
- 313 magnetic, 309 true
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 723.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 47 FT TREE LINE 0-200 FT FM RWY END 190 FT R OF CNTRLN.
- Dimensions
- 3089 x 70 ft. / 942 x 21 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 4.0
Runway 6
- Heading
- 062 magnetic, 058 true
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 712.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 30 ft. trees, 800 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear
Runway 24
- Heading
- 242 magnetic, 238 true
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 722.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- APCH SLOPE 26:1 AT THR.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 119.125 (812-275-8306)
- Louisville Approach
- 123.675
- Louisville Departure
- 123.675
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Ownership
- Manager
- JEFF LYNTTON Phone 812-278-6324
- Manager phone
- 812-278-6324
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.