Laurence G Hanscom Field Map Print (BED)

BED KBED Bedford, Massachusetts

$55 ✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your BED artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Bedford's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Bedford's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Laurence G Hanscom Field

BED · Bedford, Massachusetts

42.4699° N · 71.2890° W
Field elevation 132 ft

Identifier

BED

ICAO code

KBED

Field elevation

132ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

16°W

Runways

11/297,011 × 150 ft

05/235,107 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Laurence G Hanscom Field Runway Diagram Print

Two runways meet in an X near the center of this Laurence G Hanscom Field diagram. Runway 11/29 is the long one, 7,011 feet by 150 feet, running almost level across the sheet. Runway 5/23 rises from the lower left to the upper right at 5,107 feet by 150 feet. Both are asphalt, both are drawn in solid black, and they intersect right of the middle, which throws the whole composition slightly off center and keeps it from feeling static.

Hanscom Field is a public use airport operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority, about 14 miles outside Boston in Bedford, Massachusetts. In 2008, and for many years before that, it handled the second most aircraft movements of any airport in New England, after Logan International Airport. A defense research facility sits directly next to the field. In 1964 The Beatles came in on a chartered aircraft ahead of a date at Boston Garden, Hanscom chosen instead of Logan because of the crowds a Logan arrival would have drawn.

On the wall, the pale gray taxiway ring, aprons and hangar rows sit back and let the two black strips carry the image. The layout is plotted from published airport information, with the identifier, city, coordinates and elevation set quietly in the lower corner. It suits a hallway, an office wall or a spot beside a desk, and the colorway you choose decides whether it reads as a quiet graphic or a high contrast one.

At 1,125 acres the field gives the diagram room to breathe: a lot of open paper around a compact, legible crossing of two strips.

Bedford (BED) print, common questions

How many runways does BED have?

Two. Runway 11/29 and runway 5/23, and in the print they cross in an X just right of center.

How long are the runways at Laurence G Hanscom Field?

Runway 11/29 is 7,011 feet by 150 feet and runway 5/23 is 5,107 feet by 150 feet. Both surfaces are asphalt.

Where is BED and how high is the field?

Bedford, Massachusetts, about 14 miles outside Boston, at an elevation of 132 feet. The coordinates and that elevation are printed under the identifier.

What does BED mean on the print?

BED is the identifier for Laurence G Hanscom Field, and it is the code set in large type in the lower corner of the print.

How accurate is the diagram?

The runways, taxiways, aprons and building footprints are plotted from published airport information for this field, so the proportions and angles follow the published layout. It is composed as wall art, so fine details may be simplified or omitted. Pavement markings, lighting and signage are the usual examples.

Does this work as a gift?

Yes. It lands well with pilots who trained here, students at the flight schools, anyone based around Bedford, or a frequent business jet passenger. Each print is made to order in a range of sizes, and the colorway you choose sets the mood of the room.