Leesburg Executive Airport

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Leesburg Executive Airport

Godfrey Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Leesburg
Serves Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.
Location Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.
Elevation  AMSL 389 ft / 119 m
Coordinates 39°04′41″N077°33′27″W / 39.07806°N 77.55750°W / 39.07806; -77.55750
Website Official website
Map
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JYO
Location of airport in Virginia / United States
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JYO
JYO (the United States)
Leesburg Executive Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/355,5001,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations81,873
Based aircraft237

Leesburg Executive Airport at Godfrey Field ( ICAO : KJYO, FAA LID : JYO) is a town-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Leesburg, a town in Loudoun County, Virginia. [1]

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It is a busy general aviation airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and a reliever for nearby Dulles International Airport.

History

Leesburg Executive Airport was built in 1963 to replace an earlier grass field on the eastern edge of the town, which was owned and used by radio personality Arthur Godfrey for his private DC-3 aircraft. Godfrey sold the field and shared a portion of the funds with the Town of Leesburg, which used the proceeds to help fund a new airport 3 miles south of town. The town used matching funds from the FAA. Originally named Godfrey Field, it is now known as Leesburg Executive Airport at Godfrey Field. [2]

In 1986, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) consolidated its 308 Flight Service Stations into 61 'automated' stations (to be known as "AFSS"). The Flight Service Station at Leesburg was scheduled to close, but local lobbying convinced the FAA to rent space from the town and locate an AFSS at the airport.[ citation needed ] In 1993, when the airport fixed-base operator went bankrupt, the Town of Leesburg assumed direct operation of airport services, lengthening the runway twice to an eventual length of 5,500 feet (1,700 m) to support business jets and adding a localizer approach and automated weather observation equipment to support all-weather operations.

The airport is currently a designated general aviation reliever airport for Dulles International, 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the southeast, and in 2008 hosted 231 aircraft based on the field and an average of 265 aircraft operations per day. [3] The FAA funded an ILS installation that was completed in April 2011. [4] The field also has a GNSS RNAV approach to runway 17 with vertical guidance available. A VOR-A approach was removed in 2010.

In 2015, Leesburg became the first airport in America to operate a remote air traffic control tower, in a test co-sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia and Saab-Sensis Corporation. The facility is located and operated onsite during the trial period. [5] . In February 2023 the FAA announced they were ending support for the remote control tower effective June 20, 2023. The remote tower was replaced with a mobile control tower on-site that the airport. [6]

Facilities and aircraft

Leesburg Executive Airport covers an area of 294 acres (119 ha) at an elevation of 389 feet (119 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 17/35 which measures 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 81,873 aircraft operations, an average of 224 per day: 98% general aviation, <1% air taxi, <1% commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 237 aircraft based at this airport: 195 single-engine, 21 multi-engine, 17 jet, 3 helicopter, and 1 glider. [1]

Special Flight Rules Area

Leesburg Executive is located on the outer boundary of the 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA), formerly known as the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) instituted around Washington, D.C. prior to the commencement of the Iraq War in February 2003. The SFRA presents very little differences for IFR flights, but special procedures are still required for all VFR aircraft arriving at and departing from the airport. Due to a special triangular cut-out in the SFRA circle, they are less onerous than procedures for other SFRA airports. [7]

Management

The airport is owned by the Town of Leesburg, a corporate entity within the Commonwealth of Virginia. The airport is managed by an airport director who is also a Department Manager within the Town staff. An appointed commission provides oversight for policies and procedures to the Director, as well as advice and counsel to the Town Council. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for JYO PDF , effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Leesburg Executive Airport at Godfrey Field". Leesburg, Virginia. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "KJYO Leesburg Executive Airport Leesburg, Virginia, USA". Airnav.com. AirNav, LLC. July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ Airport Instrument Landing System (ILS) Grading Project Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Leesburg Airport To Test Remote Control Tower". 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Leesburg Council Approves Tower Operations Agreement with FAA". Town of Leesburg, VA. 26 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "FDC 4/9152 Leesburg Maneuvering Area" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. June 15, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Airport Commission". Leesburg, Virginia. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
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