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KBED — Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Bedford, MA · field elevation 132 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KBED current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBED 252251Z 05011G21KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3007 RMK AO2 PK WND 05026/2220 SLP196 T01780050 $
- Wind
- from 050° at 11 kt, gusting 21 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 18 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 310 ft · pressure altitude -18 ft
- Observed
- 66 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 050° at 11 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | 11 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 11 | 8 kt head | 8 kt from the left |
| 29 | 8 kt tail | 8 kt from the right |
| 23 | 11 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
2 within 20 nm, closest 17 nm. Last image 115844 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
6 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 500–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBED 252320Z 2600/2624 04019G27KT P6SM OVC200 TEMPO 2600/2602 6SM -RA BKN040 FM260200 04013G25KT P6SM OVC090 FM261100 03013G34KT P6SM OVC040 PROB30 2611/2613 6SM -RA OVC025 FM261400 03018G37KT 5SM -RA OVC025 FM261800 04021G35KT 2SM RA OVC008
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.46994, -71.28900
- Elevation
- 132 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1036Z / 2237Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 16°W (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Middlesex, MA
Airport diagram
Everything else KBED publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,011 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 5,107 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.6
- Tower 0700-2300
- 118.5
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 121.85
- CTAF
- 118.5
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 124.4
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KBOS General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl14 nm
- KLWM Lawrence Muni17 nm
- KOWD Norwood Meml18 nm
- KBVY Beverly Rgnl18 nm
- KASH Boire Fld21 nm
- KFIT Fitchburg Muni21 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBED airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Massachusetts airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.