Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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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.