# Bedford Municipal Airport (Y46)

**Bedford Municipal Airport** (FAA: Y46) is a small airport in Bedford, Iowa, United States. It opened in Aug 1959. It has one runway, 2,710 ft (826 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/y46

## At a glance

- FAA: Y46
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bedford, Iowa, United States
- Opened: Aug 1959
- Elevation: 1,201 ft / 366 m
- Coordinates: 40.6378, -94.7294
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,710 ft / 826 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35246472
- Weather station: KICL
- Ident: Y46

## Timeline

- Aug 1959: Bedford Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,710 ft / 826 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,710 ft / 826 m | =18,300 of 29,858 | =7,820 in North America | =6,639 in US |
| Elevation | 1,201 ft / 366 m | =14,981 of 43,403 | =6,506 in North America | =5,091 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/y46/data