Winchester Municipal
BGF · KBGF · Winchester, Tennessee · Franklin County · map
Winchester Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Winchester, 3 miles southeast of Winchester, Tennessee, 979 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBGF · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KBGF 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2999 RMK A01
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 BGF · ICAO KBGF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Winchester
- Elevation
- 979 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 886 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 1,258 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bgf and aWOS-3 | 121.675 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725; key 4 times slowly. |
| Shelbyville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 931-967-8445.
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 Winchester from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Winchester, Tennessee: 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Heavy NON-RADIO equipped traffic first Saturday of each month.
- Unatndd christmas; new years; labor day; memorial day; thanksgiving.
- Aft hour - 931--636-1817.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725; key 4 times slowly.
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.