Cartersville Airport Explained

Cartersville Airport
Icao:KVPC
Faa:VPC
Type:Public
Owner:Cartersville Bartow Airport Authority
City-Served:Cartersville, Georgia
Elevation-F:759
Elevation-M:231
Coordinates:34.1231°N -84.8486°W
Website:CartersvilleAirport.com
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:5,760
R1-Length-M:1,756
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:50,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:68
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cartersville Airport, Valley of Pumpkinvine Creek Field, is a public use airport located on a small hill by the Etowah River two nautical miles (4km) west of the headwaters of Pumpkinvine Creek and three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Cartersville, in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Cartersville Bartow Airport Authority.

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned VPC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Cartersville Airport covers an area of 185acres at an elevation of 759 feet (231 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,760 by 100 feet (1,756 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 50,500 aircraft operations, an average of 138 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 41 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 21 jet, and 1 helicopter.

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Yolo County Airport (FAA: VPC, ICAO: KVPC) . Great Circle Mapper . 15 August 2010.