BFR

Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport

ICAO KBFR38.8400°N 86.4454°W727 ft / 222 mSmall airport
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Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (IATA: BFR, ICAO: KBFR) is a small airport in Bedford, Indiana, United States. It opened in Mar 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,501 ft (1,372 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
MAR 1942
OpenedVirgil I Grissom Municipal Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
13/31129° / 309° · LIT
LENGTH4,501 ft1,372 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEConcrete
06/24058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH3,089 ft942 mWIDTH70 ft21 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,501 ft1,372 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,092of 29,823 · =3,030 North America · =2,497 USElevation727 ft222 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,830of 43,341 · =10,847 North America · =8,959 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 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

4 channels
AWOSAWOS 3119.125
CNTRINDIANAPOLIS CNTR124.775
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO110.200
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800