FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | MFV |
Lat/Long: | 37-38-48.7640N 075-45-39.7630W 37-38.812733N 075-45.662717W 37.6468789,-75.7610453 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 47.6 ft. / 14.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 11W (2000) |
From city: | 1 mile W of MELFA, VA |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 23410 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1943 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MFV (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0830-1730 AFT HRS ACES TO RESTROOMS. |
Pattern altitude: | TPA LGT ACFT 850' HVY ACFT 1500'. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | MIRL RY 03/21 PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RYS 03 & 21 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.175 (757-787-5660) |
PATUXENT APPROACH: | 127.95 |
POTOMAC APPROACH: | 127.2 ;WHEN NHK APCH CLSD |
PATUXENT DEPARTURE: | 127.95 |
POTOMAC DEPARTURE: | 127.2 ;WHEN NHK APCH CLSD |
WX AWOS-3 at TGI (16 nm NW): | 119.8 (757-891-2246) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY POTOMAC TRACON ON 127.2/281.475 WHEN PATUXENT APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
CCVr042/21.2 | | CAPE CHARLES VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 10W |
SWLr218/28.3 | | SNOW HILL VORTAC | | 112.40 | | 08W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A SELF-SERVE FUEL (100LL AND A) AVAILABLE 24HRS |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 37-38.433472N | | 37-39.192005N |
Longitude: | 075-45.864995W | | 075-45.460420W |
Elevation: | 46.6 ft. | | 47.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 034 magnetic, 023 true | | 214 magnetic, 203 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | LOC/DME | | |
Obstructions: | 80 ft. tree, 2880 ft. from runway, 776 ft. left and right of centerline, 33:1 slope to clear | | 84 ft. tree, 1747 ft. from runway, 322 ft. left of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | COUNTY OF ACCOMACK 29194 PARKWAY NORTH MELFA, VA 23410 Phone 757-787-4600 |
Manager: | BARBARA HAXTER 29194 PARKWAY NORTH MELFA, VA 23410 Phone 757-787-4600 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 20 | Single engine airplanes: | | 20 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 21/day * | 45% | transient general aviation | 39% | local general aviation | 9% | military | 8% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2018 | |
Additional Remarks
A25 | SUBJECT TO EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS PROHIBITION OF SECTION 308A(CONSTRUCTED BY BPR). |
- | DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD WHEN PATUXENT APCH CLSD, CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-640-4124. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (208KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (198KB) |
LOC RWY 03 | |
download (250KB) |
VOR RWY 03 | |
download (218KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (530KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (140KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KTGI - Tangier Island Airport (16 nm NW)
KWAL - Wallops Flight Facility (22 nm NE)
W41 - Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (22 nm N)
W75 - Hummel Field Airport (33 nm W)
KSBY - Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (43 nm N)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 06-Sep-2010
looking south.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 21-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:47 | | 11:47 |
Sunrise | | 07:16 | | 12:16 |
Sunset | | 17:13 | | 22:13 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:42 | | 22:42 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 22-Jan-2021 03:38:20 |
Local (UTC-5) | 21-Jan-2021 22:38:20 |
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METAR |
KMFV | 220315Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR 05/00 A2972 RMK AO2 T00510002
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 211721Z 2118/2218 24012G18KT P6SM BKN070 FM212100 24008KT P6SM SKC FM220200 VRB05KT P6SM SKC FM221500 28010KT P6SM SKC
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KPHF 47nm SW | 211721Z 2118/2218 24010KT P6SM BKN070 FM212300 25006KT P6SM SKC FM221500 27010KT P6SM SKC
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KNHK 48nm NW | TAF 2123/2223 27006KT 9999 FEW090 520009 520905 WS018/27025KT QNH2964INS BECMG 2219/2221 32010KT 9999 FEW050 FEW200 500000 QNH2982INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 2204 TIL 2209 T03/2212Z T09/2221Z FN00067
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KORF 49nm SW | 211721Z 2118/2218 24012KT P6SM BKN080 OVC090 FM212200 26008KT P6SM SKC FM221500 27010KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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