# Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (BFR / KBFR)

**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).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfr

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BFR / KBFR
- FAA: BFR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bedford, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Mar 1942
- Elevation: 727 ft / 222 m
- Coordinates: 38.8400, -86.4454
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,501 ft / 1,372 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_I._Grissom_Municipal_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7933774
- Weather station: KBFR
- Ident: KBFR

## Timeline

- Mar 1942: Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,501 ft / 1,372 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 129° / 309° | yes |
| 06/24 | 3,089 ft / 942 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Concrete | 058° / 238° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05546AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,501 ft / 1,372 m | =8,096 of 29,858 | =3,031 in North America | =2,498 in US |
| Elevation | 727 ft / 222 m | =22,849 of 43,403 | =10,849 in North America | =8,961 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.125 |
| CNTR | INDIANAPOLIS CNTR | 124.775 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 110.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfr/data