Virgil I Grissom Municipal
BFR · KBFR · Bedford, Indiana · Lawrence County · map
Virgil I Grissom Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Lawrence County Boac, 3 miles southeast of Bedford, Indiana, 727 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,501 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBFR · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBFR 062055Z AUTO 17006KT 150V210 10SM CLR 23/06 A3004 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BFR · ICAO KBFR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lawrence County Boac
- Elevation
- 727 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,501 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,089 × 70 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: trees 47 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 85 ft high 2,012 ft from the end
- Runway 06: trees 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 56 ft high 1,040 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.675 | |
| Bfr and aWOS-3PT | 119.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 812-275-8306.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bedford from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Bedford, Indiana: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 13/31 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport closed new years, thanksgiving and christmas day.
- Brush and trees 200 feet L and R of centerline entire length of runway.
- 47 feet tree line 0-200 feet from runway end 190 feet R of centerline.
- Approach slope 26:1 at threshold.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway 24 18:1 approach slp at threshold.
- Line of sight rstrns to visibility.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.