FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 16 MAY 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 16 May 2024 at 0901Z to 13 June 2024 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (203KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (187KB) |
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 19-May-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:21 | | 09:21 |
Sunrise | | 05:51 | | 09:51 |
Sunset | | 20:09 | | 00:09 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:38 | | 00:38 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 20-May-2024 01:09:10 |
Local (UTC-4) | 19-May-2024 21:09:10 |
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METAR |
KMFV | 200055Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM OVC023 A3000 RMK AO2
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KTGI 16nm NW | 200055Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM SCT022 SCT060 17/15 A3000 RMK AO1 T01710145
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 192303Z 1923/2018 09007KT P6SM OVC060 FM200800 03008KT P6SM BKN015 FM201700 05008KT P6SM SCT020
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KPHF 47nm SW | 192303Z 1923/2018 11007KT P6SM SCT060 FM200900 04006KT P6SM BKN025 FM201300 04008KT P6SM BKN035
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KNHK 48nm NW | 1923/2023 11008KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 QNH2993INS BECMG 2007/2009 05006KT SCT015 BKN025 QNH2998INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 1923 TIL 2008 TX22/2020Z TN14/2008Z FN00273
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KORF 49nm SW | 192303Z 1923/2018 07010KT P6SM OVC012 FM200800 04008KT P6SM OVC015 FM201600 04011KT P6SM SCT025
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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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