Winchester Regional Airport

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Winchester Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWinchester Regional Airport Authority
Serves Winchester, Virginia
Elevation  AMSL 726 ft / 221 m
Coordinates 39°08′38″N078°08′40″W / 39.14389°N 78.14444°W / 39.14389; -78.14444
Website flyokv.com
Map
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KOKV
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KOKV
Winchester Regional Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
14/325,5001,676 Asphalt
Statistics (June 30, 2015 - June 30, 2016)
Aircraft operations44,115
Based aircraft99

Winchester Regional Airport( IATA : WGO, ICAO : KOKV, FAA LID : OKV) is three miles southeast of Winchester, in Frederick County, Virginia. [1] It was recognized by the state as a licensed commercial airport in 1937 and was Winchester Municipal Airport until 1987. [2]

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Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is OKV to the FAA and WGO to the IATA [3] (which assigned OKV to Okao Airport in Papua New Guinea [4] ).

Facilities

Winchester Regional Airport covers 375 acres (152  ha ) at an elevation of 726 feet (221 m). Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m); [1] the runway supports instrument landing approaches, with the localizer on the northwest side of the airport. [5]

For the 12 month period ending June 30, 2016, the airport had 44,115 aircraft operations, averaging 121 per day. Of these, 96% (42,250) were general aviation, and 4% (1,865) were air taxi. 99 aircraft were based at the airport at the time: 82 single-engine, 14 multi-engine, 1 jet, 1 helicopter and 1 ultralight. [1]

flyADVANCED runs a Cirrus Certified Maintenance Center on the field.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for OKV PDF , effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ "From a grass runway to a busy modern enterprise" (PDF). The Winchester Star. 2007-12-27.
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: WGO / KOKV - Winchester, Virginia (Winchester Regional Airport)
  4. ↑ Aviation Safety Network: OKV - Okao Airport, Papua New Guinea
  5. ↑ "FAA diagram of the instrument approach".
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