BED

Laurence G Hanscom Field

ICAO KBED42.4700°N 71.2890°W132 ft / 40 mMedium airport
On the map
Hanscomafb-29mar95
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Laurence G Hanscom Field (IATA: BED, ICAO: KBED) is a medium airport in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Apr 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,011 ft (2,137 m). It is operated by Massachusetts Port Authority. In 2025 it handled 34 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
APR 1943
OpenedLaurence G Hanscom Field opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
11/29097° / 277° · LIT
LENGTH7,011 ft2,137 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
05/23037° / 217° · LIT
LENGTH5,107 ft1,557 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
9K
11K
12K
12K
16K
17K
22K
27K
37K
34K
15161718192122232425

Routes

9 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsTradewind Aviation 7GCA 137Q 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BED. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from BED, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers34K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,245of 3,974 · #520 North America · #352 USLongest runway7,011 ft2,137 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,446of 29,823 · #795 North America · #598 USElevation132 ft40 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,728of 43,341 · =16,241 North America · =13,626 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DBOSTON APP/DEP124.400
ATISATIS124.600
CLDCLNC DEL121.850
CTAFCTAF118.500
GNDHANSCOM GND121.700
MISCHANSCOM COMD POST39.710
TWRHANSCOM TWR118.500
UNICUNICOM122.950