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) and about 28 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Winchester Municipal?
Its FAA code is BGF, and its ICAO code is KBGF.
Where is Winchester Municipal?
It is 3 miles southeast of Winchester, Tennessee, 979 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Winchester Municipal?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,003 feet long, asphalt.
Does Winchester Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Winchester Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Winchester Municipal?
10 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Winchester Municipal…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Tullahoma Rgnl/Wm Northern Field (15 nm northwest), Fayetteville Municipal (25 nm west), Marion County/Brown Field (25 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 800 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,000 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Winchester:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 12 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner.
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Winchester, TN (0 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
- Timothy Phillip Knueven private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Brownsboro, AL (34 nm) · (352) 874-9768 · [email protected]
- Thomas A Troyer type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency · Chickamauga, GA (42 nm) · (201) 213-9367 · [email protected]
- Bruce Richard Whittemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wilson Air · Chattanooga, TN (43 nm) · (956) 286-5596 · [email protected]
- Charles A Lilly private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (45 nm) · (615) 495-7350 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Hardee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro Municipal Airport · Murfreesboro, TN (45 nm) · (615) 482-1592 · [email protected]
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle Tennessee state university · Murfreesboro, TN (45 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (45 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
All 25 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Winchester 15 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Thom Duncan Avionics · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,524 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BGF.json.
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 27, 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.