Summary
Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport (IATA: BFR, ICAO: KBFR, FAA LID: BFR) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Bedford, a city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Lawrence County BOAC | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bedford, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 728 ft / 222 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°50′24″N 086°26′43″W / 38.84000°N 86.44528°W | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is named in honor of Virgil I. Grissom (1926-1967), an Indiana native and U.S. Air Force pilot who was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts.
Facilities and aircraft edit
Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport covers an area of 145 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 728 feet (222 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 is 4,501 by 100 feet (1,372 x 30 m) and 6/24 is 3,089 by 70 feet (942 x 21 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 30, 2007, the airport had 5,110 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.[1]
See also edit
- Grissom Aeroplex – public/military airport in Miami and Cass counties, near Peru, Indiana
- List of airports in Indiana
References edit
External links edit
- Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BFR, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BFR
- AirNav airport information for BFR
- ASN accident history for BFR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BFR