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. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 22 min old

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23 50% 5107 ft

5 50% 5107 ft

11 CLOSED 7011 ft

29 CLOSED 7011 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 11/29 until 10-18 23:00Z

RWY 11/29 CLSD EXC TAX BTN TWY N AND TWY G

LIGHTING RWY 29 until 10-18 23:00Z

AD AP WINDCONE FOR RWY 29 LGT U/S

APCH OTS RWY 29 until 10-18 23:00Z

OBST POLE LGT (ASN UNKNOWN) 422806N0711636W (.11NM SW APCH END RWY 29) 143FT (19FT AGL) U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 11

NOTAM 11 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 18 Oct

Runway 29

NOTAM 29 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 18 Oct

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	22 min
ADSB	OK	5 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 CLOSED
23	217.0°	230.9°	matches	5,107 ft	ASPH	left
29	277.2°	291.0°	matches	7,011 ft	ASPH	left	ILS CLOSED
5	37.0°	50.9°	matches	5,107 ft	ASPH	left

What KBED usually does

Of 4,178 operations this service has observed at KBED since 2026-08-25:

29 62% 2604 ops
11 21% 872 ops
23 9% 392 ops
5 7% 310 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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