Beech River Regional Airport

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Beech River Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBeech River Regional Airport Authority
Serves Lexington / Parsons
Location Darden, Tennessee
Elevation  AMSL 488 ft / 149 m
Coordinates 35°39′23″N088°11′43″W / 35.65639°N 88.19528°W / 35.65639; -88.19528 Coordinates: 35°39′23″N088°11′43″W / 35.65639°N 88.19528°W / 35.65639; -88.19528
Website BeechRiverRegionalAirport.com
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
1/196,0001,829Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations3,440
Based aircraft26

Beech River Regional Airport( ICAO : KPVE, FAA LID : PVE) is a public-use airport in Henderson County, Tennessee, United States. [1] [2] It is located five nautical miles (5.8 mi, 9.3 km) northwest of the central business district of Parsons, [1] a city in Decatur County.

Contents

The airport opened in 2006 and is owned by Beech River Regional Airport Authority, [1] representing the cities of Lexington and Parsons, the counties of Henderson and Decatur, and the state of Tennessee. [3] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [4]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned PVE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA, [5] which assigned PVE to El Porvenir, Panama. [6]

Facilities and aircraft

Beech River Regional Airport covers an area of 467 acres (189 ha) at an elevation of 488 feet (149 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a concrete surface measuring 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2010, the airport had 3,440 aircraft operations, an average of 286 per month: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 15% multi-engine and 13% jet. [1]

The airport is attended during regular business hours and has 100LL avgas and Jet A fuel services. It is included under the Jackson FSS. It has runway lighting and PAPI on both runways, and is lighted sunset to sunrise. NOTAMs are filed with McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport. [7] PVE is located on the Memphis sectional chart. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PVE PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. Map showing airport, Darden, and border between Henderson and Decatur Counties. MapQuest. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. "Governor Bredesen Announces Opening of New Beech River Airport". News Release. Tennessee Department of Transportation. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015: Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) Archived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 4 October 2010.
  5. "Beech River Regional Airport (FAA: PVE, ICAO: KPVE)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. "El Porvenir, Panama (IATA: PVE, ICAO: MPVR)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  7. PVE at airport-data.com, effective 2011-07-04