Accomack County Airport

Accomack County Airport
1995 USGS Photo
IATA: MFV – ICAO: KFMV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Accomack County Airport Commission
Location		Accomack County, near Melfa, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		47 ft / 14 m
Coordinates		37°38′48″N 075°45′39″W / 37.64667°N 75.76083°W / 37.64667; -75.76083Coordinates: 37°38′48″N 075°45′39″W / 37.64667°N 75.76083°W / 37.64667; -75.76083
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
03/21	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations			14,056
Based aircraft			23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Accomack County Airport (IATA: MFV, ICAO: KMFV) is a county-owned public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Melfa, a city in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.^[1]

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force about 1942, and was known as Melfa Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).

Facilities and aircraft

Accomack County Airport covers an area of 100 acres which contains one runway designated 3/21 with a 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt surface . For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, the airport had 14,056 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 84% general aviation and 8% air taxi and 9% military. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 22 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for MFV (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-09-30

World War II portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for MFV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MFV