Chesterfield County Airport Explained

Chesterfield County Airport
Icao:KFCI
Faa:FCI
Type:Public
Owner:Chesterfield County
City-Served:Richmond, Virginia
Elevation-F:236
Elevation-M:72
Coordinates:37.4067°N -77.525°W
Pushpin Map:USA Virginia#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Virginia / United States
Pushpin Label:FCI
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:5,500
R1-Length-M:1,676
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2020
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:67,623
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:102
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chesterfield County Airport is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the central business district of Richmond, Virginia, United States, in unincorporated Chesterfield County. It is owned by Chesterfield County.

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]

Facilities and aircraft

Built in 1973, Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of 593acres, which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m). The runway was completely resurfaced in 2007 and repainted in 2008.

Chesterfield County Airport is designated by the FAA as an official general aviation reliever airport for the busier Richmond International Airport. The modern terminal building has internet access, Wi-Fi, flight planning room, showers, vending machines, restaurant, and pilot quiet rooms.

Dominion Aviation Services[3] is the fixed-base operator (FBO) at this field. Fuel, flight training, and aircraft rental are available. Dominion is an FAA certified repair station.

Chesterfield County Airport is the home base of the Wingnuts Flying Club.[4]

The airport is the second busiest in the Richmond region. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 67,623 aircraft operations, an average of 185 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.

There were at that time 102 aircraft based at this airport: 74 single engine, 14 multi-engine, 8 jet and 6 helicopters.

Public safety and military

Chesterfield County Airport is home to part of the Virginia State Police Med-Flight Program[5] and serves as an aviation support facility annex for the Virginia Army National Guard 224th Aviation Regiment.[6] The state police currently has two fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters based out of their aviation division hangar.[7]

References

5. Richmond Executive Aviation

Notes and References

  1. , effective 2023-09-07
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KFCI Great Circle Mapper: KFCI - Richmond, Virginia (Chesterfield County Airport)
  3. http://www.dominionaviation.com/ Dominion Aviation Services
  4. http://www.wingnutsflying.org/ Wingnuts Flying Club
  5. Web site: Senter . Edward . December 5, 2018 . Support for Medflight Program, Spotsylvania FY-2020 Budget . May 21, 2022 . spotsylvania.va.us.
  6. Web site: Army Aviation Support Facility . 2022-05-22 . va.ng.mil.
  7. https://vsp.virginia.gov/safety-and-enforcement/aviation-unit/ Aviation Division