| Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: BFR – ICAO: KBFR – FAA LID: BFR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Lawrence County BOAC | ||
| Serves | Bedford, Indiana | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 728 ft / 222 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 4,501 | 1,372 | Asphalt |
| 6/24 | 3,089 | 942 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 5,110 | ||
| Based aircraft | 35 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
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]
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.
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]
