KBFR
Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
VFR
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Name
Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KBFR / BFR / KBFR
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- Region
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Timezone
1:39 am (EST)
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Municipality
Bedford
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Coordinates
38° 50′ 24″ N 86° 26′ 43″ E
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Elevation
727 ft (222 m MSL)
About Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
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.
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.