Blue Ridge Airport

Not to be confused with Blue Ridge Airport (Willard, Virginia).
Blue Ridge Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBlue Ridge Airport Authority
ServesMartinsville, Virginia
Elevation AMSL941 ft / 287 m
Coordinates36°37′51″N 080°01′06″W / 36.63083°N 80.01833°W / 36.63083; -80.01833
Websitewww.FlyBlueRidge.com
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations23,500
Based aircraft20

Blue Ridge Regional Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA LID: MTV) is nine miles southwest of Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia. It is owned by the Blue Ridge Airport Authority.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, however, Blue Ridge Airport's FAA identifier is MTV, and it has no IATA code[3] (Mota Lava Airport in Mota Lava, Vanuatu holds the IATA identifier MTV[4]).

Facilities

The airport covers 270 acres (110 ha) at an elevation of 941 feet (287 m). Its single runway, 13/31, is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending September 30, 2017 the airport had 23,500 aircraft operations, average 64 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. 20 aircraft were then based at the airport: 80% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, and 5% jet.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d https://adip.faa.gov/agis/public/#/airportData/MTV Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Blue Ridge Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA: MTV)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Mota Lava, Vanuatu (IATA: MTV, ICAO: NVSA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.