Hawkins County Airport Explained

Hawkins County Airport
Icao:KRVN
Faa:RVN
Type:Public
Owner:Hawkins County
City-Served:Hawkins County, Tennessee
Location:Surgoinsville, Tennessee
Elevation-F:1,255
Elevation-M:383
Coordinates:36.4575°N -82.885°W
Pushpin Map:USA Tennessee#USA
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Tennessee
Pushpin Label:RVN
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:3,504
R1-Length-M:1,068
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 7/27/2021)
Stat1-Data:1,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:20
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hawkins County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northeast of the central business district of Rogersville, Tennessee in the city of Surgoinsville, Tennessee. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RVN by the FAA, but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned RVN to Rovaniemi Airport in Finland).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Hawkins County Airport covers an area of 56 acres (23 ha) at an elevation of 1,255 feet (383 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,504 by 75 feet (1,068 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 27, 2021, the airport had 1,000 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per month: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: Hawkins County Airport (ICAO: KRVN, FAA: RVN) . Great Circle Mapper . May 7, 2012.
  4. Web site: Rovaniemi Airport, Finland (IATA: RVN, ICAO: EFRO) . Aviation Safety Network . May 7, 2012.

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