Runways at KBDG
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Blanding Municipal Airport has one runway: 17/35 - 1,762 m long (5,781 ft), 23 m wide, asphalt surface.
Blanding Municipal Airport (KBDG / BDG)
United States · elevation 5868 ft AMSL
· 37.5833, -109.4830
About Blanding Municipal Airport
Blanding Municipal Airport is an airport with the ICAO code KBDG and the IATA code BDG. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Blanding. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KB prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KBDG is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code BDG is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 37°35'00"N, 109°28'59"W, at an elevation of 5,868 ft (1,789 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Denver.
Satellite view of KBDG
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KBDG
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 170° | 1,762 m (5,781 ft) | 23 m (75 ft) | asphalt |
| 35 | 350° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Blanding Municipal Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KBDG for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 22,658 METAR reports issued by KBDG in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 97% of the time, MVFR 2% and IFR or LIFR 1%. Best month for VFR flying: July (100% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: January (4%).
IFR and LIFR conditions are rare here at any time of day.
Fog (FG) was reported on 3.3 days a year on average, most often in November. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 5.8 days a year on average, and snowfall on 8.3.
The wind most often blows from N (0°) - 14% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 10% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 3%. Warmest month: July (average high 33.8 °C); coldest: January (average low -6.2 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 97%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 1%
- Avg high
- 20.7 °C
- Avg low
- 6.2 °C
- Fog days
- 3.3
- Thunderstorm days
- 5.8
- Snow days
- 8.3
- Prevailing wind
- N · 14%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 3%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 97%
- MVFR 2%
- IFR 1%
- LIFR <1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 10%
Most often: N - 14% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3 | -6.2 | 94% | 4% | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 |
| February | 8.6 | -3.8 | 95% | 2% | 0.4 | 0 | 1.8 |
| March | 11.8 | -0.7 | 96% | 1% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| April | 18.8 | 2.8 | 97% | 1% | 0.7 | 0 | 1.7 |
| May | 23.5 | 7.7 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| June | 30.0 | 13.2 | 99% | <1% | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| July | 33.8 | 17.6 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 31.5 | 16.4 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 3.3 | 0 |
| September | 27.1 | 11.8 | 100% | <1% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| October | 20.9 | 6.6 | 95% | 3% | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 11.9 | -0.1 | 91% | 3% | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| December | 7.8 | -4.9 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 17/35 on 170° and 350° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 17/35 axis, wind from the west (around 260°) or from the east (around 80°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 170° or 350° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KBDG
Weather reports for Blanding Municipal Airport are published under the ICAO code KBDG. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KBDG report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KBDG, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Denver zone is GMT-07:00 in winter and GMT-06:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Cortez Municipal Airport (KCEZ, 82 km), Hopkins Field (Nucla) (KAIB, 109 km), Canyonlands Regional Airport (Moab) (KCNY, 132 km). When no report is available for KBDG, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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