KBED Laurence G Hanscom Fld

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 260° true at 4 kt · VFR · 44 min old · from KASH (21.1 nm away)

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29 34% 7011 ft · 4 kt head, 1 kt x-left

23 31% 5107 ft · 3 kt head, 3 kt x-right

5 19% 5107 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

11 16% 7011 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-right

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 23 until 10-14 21:00Z

RWY 23 PAPI U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 29

WIND 4 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 44 min ago +0.16
PRIOR runway length 7011 ft +0.03

Runway 23

WIND 3 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 44 min ago +0.11
PRIOR runway length 5107 ft -0.03

Runway 5

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 44 min ago -0.38
PRIOR runway length 5107 ft -0.03

Runway 11

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 44 min ago -0.57
PRIOR runway length 7011 ft +0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	44 min	Nearest station KASH (21.1 nm away)
ADSB	OK	10 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KBED field & runways

Laurence G Hanscom Fld, Bedford, Massachusetts. Field elevation 132 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 16.0°W on record, 13.9°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.07°/year east — about 1° every 14 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
11	97.2°	111.0°	matches	7,011 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
23	217.0°	230.9°	matches	5,107 ft	ASPH	left
29	277.2°	291.0°	matches	7,011 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
5	37.0°	50.9°	matches	5,107 ft	ASPH	left

What KBED usually does

Of 3,428 operations this service has observed at KBED since 2026-08-25:

29 59% 2014 ops
11 23% 774 ops
23 11% 361 ops
5 8% 279 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KBED ☆ Laurence G Hanscom Fld