FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024
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: | | 17 | Single engine airplanes: | | 17 |
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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 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 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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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 29-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:26 | | 10:26 |
Sunrise | | 06:53 | | 10:53 |
Sunset | | 19:23 | | 23:23 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:49 | | 23:49 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 29-Mar-2024 14:20:27 |
Local (UTC-4) | 29-Mar-2024 10:20:27 |
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METAR |
KMFV | 291335Z AUTO 29012G18KT 10SM CLR 09/00 A2995 RMK AO2 T00881004
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KTGI 16nm NW | 291355Z AUTO 26010G14KT 10SM BKN075 OVC085 10/03 A2995 RMK AO1 T00980028
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 291120Z 2912/3012 30010KT P6SM SKC FM291400 31014G23KT P6SM SCT050 FM300000 30008KT P6SM SKC
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KLFI 45nm SW | 290900Z 2909/3015 31012KT 9999 FEW045 QNH2996INS BECMG 2912/2913 27012KT 9999 FEW030 SCT050 QNH2987INS BECMG 2915/2916 29012G18KT 9999 SCT035 BKN050 QNH2996INS BECMG 2917/2918 26012G20KT 9999 SCT035 BKN050 QNH2999INS BECMG 2921/2922 25009KT 9999 FEW060 QNH3000INS TX17/2921Z TN06/2909Z
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KPHF 47nm SW | 291120Z 2912/3012 29010KT P6SM SKC FM291500 29015G22KT P6SM SCT060 FM292300 30006KT P6SM FEW200
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KNHK 48nm NW | 2907/3007 30013KT 9999 FEW300 QNH2988INS FM291200 27010KT 9999 BKN080 BKN100 QNH2983INS FM300300 32008KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 2907 TIL 2908 TX10/2918Z TN05/2910Z FN00271
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KORF 49nm SW | 291120Z 2912/3012 31010KT P6SM SKC FM291500 29011G18KT P6SM FEW100 FM292300 30008KT P6SM FEW200
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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