Chesterfield County Airport

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Chesterfield County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFCI – FAA: FCI
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Chesterfield County
Serves Richmond, Virginia
Elevation AMSL 237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 37°24′24″N 077°31′30″W / 37.40667, -77.525
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 82,500
Based aircraft 137
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chesterfield County Airport (ICAO: KFCI, FAA LID: FCI) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Richmond, a city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by Chesterfield County.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chesterfield County Airport is assigned FCI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of 593 acres (240 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,500 x 100 ft. (1,676 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 82,500 aircraft operations, an average of 226 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 137 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 7% jets and 3% helicopters.[1]


Chesterfield County Airport is the homebase for the Wingnuts Flying Club

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for FCI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFCI - Richmond, Virginia (Chesterfield County Airport)

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