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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 25-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3911:39
Sunrise07:0812:08
Sunset16:5421:54
Evening civil twilight17:2322:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Nov-2009 20:46:28
Local (UTC-5)  25-Nov-2009 15:46:28
 
METAR
KCJR 
19nm SE 
252020Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM BKN017 08/05 A2995 RMK AO2
KSHD 
30nm SW 
252020Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A2993 RMK AO2 FZRANO
KCHO 
32nm S 
251800Z 18010KT 10SM FEW013 BKN055 12/09 A2996 RMK AO2
KOKV 
32nm NE 
252020Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM SCT055 SCT090 14/10 A2991 RMK AO2 T01410098
KOMH 
33nm SE 
252020Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM BKN021 14/11 A2996 RMK AO2 T01420107
KW99 
36nm NW 
252036Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM SCT050 18/07 A2991 RMK AO2
KHWY 
37nm E 
252020Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM OVC016 12/10 A2993 RMK AO2
TAF
KCHO 
32nm S 
251856Z 2519/2618 19007KT P6SM SCT015 BKN040 FM252200 21004KT P6SM BKN050 FM260300 23002KT 4SM BR SCT050 FM260500 00000KT 2SM BR SCT005 FM260800 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN005 FM261300 00000KT 2SM BR SCT005 BKN015 FM261400 15003KT P6SM BKN040
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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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