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KBED — Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Bedford, MA · field elevation 132 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBED current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBED 111151Z 23006KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02330194 10233 20206 51014
- Wind
- from 230° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,273 ft · pressure altitude 232 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 230° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 29 | 4 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 11 | 4 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 05 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
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 50338 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBED 111120Z 1112/1212 26008KT P6SM SCT050 FM111400 29009KT P6SM SCT050 FM120400 00000KT P6SM FEW090
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 0948Z / 2352Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2300
- Magnetic variation
- -16° (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
- 9 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- 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.