Blue Ridge Airport Explained

Blue Ridge Regional Airport
Icao:KMTV
Faa:MTV
Type:Public
Owner:Blue Ridge Airport Authority
City-Served:Martinsville, Virginia
Elevation-F:941
Elevation-M:287
Coordinates:36.6308°N -80.0183°W
Website:www.FlyBlueRidge.com
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:5,002
R1-Length-M:1,525
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2017
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:23,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:20
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Blue Ridge Regional Airport is nine miles southwest of Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia. It is owned by the Blue Ridge Airport Authority. 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 270acres 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.

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.

References

  1. https://adip.faa.gov/agis/public/#/airportData/MTV Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 September 2017.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  3. Web site: Blue Ridge Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA: MTV) . Great Circle Mapper . 18 June 2010.
  4. Web site: Mota Lava, Vanuatu (IATA: MTV, ICAO: NVSA) . Great Circle Mapper . 18 June 2010.

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