Blackstone Army Airfield

Blackstone Army Airfield

Infobox Airport
name = Blackstone Army Airfield Allen C. Perkinson Airport


IATA = BKT
ICAO = KBKT
FAA = BKT
type = Public/Military
owner = U.S. Army & Town of Blackstone
operator =
location = Fort Pickett / Blackstone, Virginia
elevation-f = 439
elevation-m = 134
website =
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 4,632
r1-length-m = 1,412
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 1/19
r2-length-f = 4,032
r2-length-m = 1,229
r2-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 3,482
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=BKT|use=PU|own=PU|site=25647.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Blackstone Army Airfield airport codes|BKT|KBKT|BKT, also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the United States Army and the Town of Blackstone.

The airfield is located at Fort Pickett and is a location for the Civil Air Patrol'sNational Flight Academy. It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s. [ [http://nfa.nat.cap.gov/ National Flight Academy - Powered Virginia] ]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 4/22 measuring 4,632 x 150 ft (1,412 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 4,032 x 75 ft (1,229 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 3,482 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 85% military and 15% general aviation.

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force

ee also

* Virginia World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

* [http://www.fortpickett.net/html/BAAF.html Blackstone Army Airfield] at Fort Pickett web site
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/blackstone.htm Blackstone AAF / A.C. Perkinson Airport] at GlobalSecurity.org
* [http://www.doav.virginia.gov/Downloads/Airport%20Directory/Blackstone.pdf Blackstone Army Air Field / Allen C. Perkinson Municipal Airport] page from Virginia Airport Directory
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