FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 MAY 2023
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 -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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 FT, HVY ACFT 1500 FT. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | MIRL RWY 03/21 PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RWYS 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 100LL:SELF-SERVE FUEL (100LL AND A) AVBL 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: | 62 ft. tree, 2569 ft. from runway, 442 ft. right of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear | | 93 ft. tree, 1797 ft. from runway, 209 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 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: | LANE FARLOW 29194 PARKWAY NORTH MELFA, VA 23410 Phone 757-693-5831 |
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 CTC PATUXENT APCH AT 301-342-3740, WHEN PATUXENT APCH IS 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 18 May 2023 at 0901Z to 15 June 2023 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (203KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (186KB) |
LOC RWY 03 | |
download (242KB) |
VOR RWY 03 | |
download (211KB) |
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.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Accomack County Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 03-Jun-2023
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:13 | | 09:13 |
Sunrise | | 05:43 | | 09:43 |
Sunset | | 20:19 | | 00:19 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:50 | | 00:50 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 04-Jun-2023 02:03:38 |
Local (UTC-4) | 03-Jun-2023 22:03:38 |
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METAR |
KMFV | 040155Z AUTO 05011G25KT 10SM OVC010 13/11 A3001 RMK AO2 T01270105
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KTGI 16nm NW | 040155Z AUTO 06020G25KT 10SM OVC012 16/14 A3002 RMK AO1 T01600138
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 032159Z 0322/0418 06011G22KT P6SM SCT007 BKN010 TEMPO 0322/0402 BKN007 FM040700 04009KT P6SM OVC015 FM041100 02009KT P6SM BKN060
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KLFI 45nm SW | 032000Z 0320/0423 05012G18KT 9999 SCT010 BKN020 QNH2988INS BECMG 0405/0406 05015G25KT 6000 BR OVC007 QNH2995INS BECMG 0411/0412 03015G25KT 8000 BR BKN030 QNH2998INS BECMG 0414/0415 04015KT 9999 NSW SCT030 QNH3000INS TX22/0321Z TN14/0409Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 0320 NEXT 0505
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KPHF 47nm SW | 032159Z 0322/0418 09009KT P6SM VCSH BKN015 FM040200 06011G18KT P6SM SCT007 OVC010 FM041300 04009KT P6SM BKN025 FM041500 04011G18KT P6SM SCT040
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KNHK 48nm NW | 0323/0423 08015G23KT 8000 BR BKN015 BKN040 BKN260 QNH2987INS TEMPO 0323/0405 4800 BR OVC015 BECMG 0405/0407 03012G20KT 9999 FEW008 SCT050 QNH2998INS BECMG 0410/0412 02010KT 9999 FEW015 SCT030 QNH2991INS BECMG 0421/0423 VRB06KT 9999 FEW030 QNH2989INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 0323 TIL 0411 TX22/0419Z TN13/0410Z FN00193
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KORF 49nm SW | 032159Z 0322/0418 07014G22KT P6SM VCSH BKN009 TEMPO 0322/0401 6SM -SHRA BR FM040100 04016G24KT P6SM VCSH SCT004 BKN007 FM041000 03014G22KT P6SM BKN015 FM041300 04012G20KT P6SM BKN025 FM041600 05011G18KT P6SM SCT035
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NOTAMs |
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