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W45 Luray Caverns Airport
Luray, Virginia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: W45
Lat/Long: 38-40-01.4000N / 078-30-02.1000W
38-40.023333N / 078-30.035000W
38.6670556 / -78.5005833
(estimated)
Elevation: 902 ft. / 274.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 09W (1995)
From city: 2 miles W of LURAY, VA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 22835

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1971
Sectional chart: WASHINGTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: WASHINGTON CENTER
FSS: LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DCA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1800
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 04/22 - CTAF.
ACTVT MIRL RY 04/22 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY WASHINGTON ARTCC ON FREQS 133.2/282.2 (BUCKS ELBOW RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LDNr237/17.8LINDEN VORTAC114.3006W
CSNr279/29.8CASANOVA VORTAC116.3006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CAVERNS224/2.424509WLUA .-.. ..- .-
BRIDGEWATER057/28.224107WVBW ...- -... .--
NAILR305/30.735110WMSQ -- ... --.-
AZALEA PARK009/39.433608WAZS .- --.. ...

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 3125 x 75 ft. / 952 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 38-39.811583N38-40.235417N
Longitude: 078-30.220400W078-29.847617W
Elevation: 902.7 ft.902.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 044 magnetic, 035 true224 magnetic, 215 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: panels that may or may not be lighted, on left (3.00 degrees glide path)panels that may or may not be lighted, on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Obstructions: 28 ft. tree, 389 ft. from runway, 221 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear21 ft. ant, 249 ft. from runway, 247 ft. left of centerline, 2:1 slope to clear
19 FT POLE LCTD 80 FT FM END OF RY, 230 FT LEFT ON APCH.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TOWN OF LURAY & COUNTY OF PAGE
270 CIRCLE VIEW ROAD
LURAY, VA 22835
Phone (540) 687-6301
Manager: KENNETH LEE PAINTER
PO BOX 748
LURAY, VA 22835
Phone 540-743-6070

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 14
Single engine airplanes: 11
Multi engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 125/week *
56% transient general aviation
39% local general aviation
4% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 July 2009

Additional Remarks

TAXI ON HARD SFCS ONLY.
DEER AND BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT

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 between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 22   download (215KB)
VOR/DME-B   download (153KB)
NDB-A   download (205KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (31KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KFRR - Front Royal-Warren County Airport (19 nm NE)
KVBW - Bridgewater Air Park (28 nm SW)
KSHD - Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (31 nm SW)
KCJR - Culpeper Regional Airport (31 nm E)
KCHO - Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (32 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of W45 (Luray Caverns Airport)
Photo by Jim Cosson
Photo taken 01-Jan-2009
from a Cessna 172 at 3500 MSL

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Sectional chart
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From to W45

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 22-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3611:36
Sunrise07:0512:05
Sunset16:5621:56
Evening civil twilight17:2422:24

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  22-Nov-2009 08:26:44
Local (UTC-5)  22-Nov-2009 03:26:44
 
METAR
KCJR 
19nm SE 
220820Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 02/01 A3022 RMK AO2
KSHD 
30nm SW 
220820Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC040 04/04 A3022 RMK AO2 FZRANO
KCHO 
32nm S 
220753Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR SCT045 03/03 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP227 T00330028 TSNO
KOKV 
32nm NE 
220820Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 04/03 A3022 RMK AO2 T00360029
KOMH 
33nm SE 
220820Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT040 06/05 A3023 RMK AO2 T00580051
KW99 
36nm NW 
220816Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC039 11/08 A3024 RMK AO2
KHWY 
37nm E 
220820Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 01/00 A3020 RMK AO2
TAF
KCHO 
32nm S 
220524Z 2206/2306 00000KT P6SM OVC050 FM220800 00000KT 5SM BR SCT040 FM221400 VRB03KT P6SM FEW040 FM221800 06004KT P6SM SCT030 SCT150 FM230000 VRB03KT P6SM OVC100 FM230300 05001KT 5SM BR OVC050
NOTAMs
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Luray Caverns Airport 540-743-6070
no information available

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100LL
FS $3.88 
 Updated 11-Nov-2009
  22 read  write
FS=Full service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into W45 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
LURAY DAYS INN 4.1 69-189
SKYLAND RESORT 8.3 116-117
 

Other hotels near Luray Caverns Airport

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN INTOWN OF LURAY 1.9 90-125
MIMSLYN INN 1.9 104-955
CARDINAL INN BY SILVER STAR 4.1 80-150

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Luray Caverns Airport

6 in Luray
2 in New Market
1 in Mount Jackson
1 in Washington
 

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