Chesterfield County Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Chesterfield County | ||||||||||
| Serves | Richmond, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 236 ft / 72 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′24″N 077°31′30″W / 37.40667°N 77.52500°W | ||||||||||
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  FCI Location of airport in Virginia / United States  FCI FCI (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Chesterfield County Airport (ICAO: KFCI, FAA LID: FCI) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the central business district of Richmond, Virginia, United States, in unincorporated Chesterfield County. It is owned by Chesterfield County.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chesterfield County Airport is assigned FCI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Built in 1973, Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of 593 acres (240 ha), which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m).[1] The runway was completely resurfaced in 2007 and repainted in 2008.
Chesterfield County Airport is designated by the FAA as an official general aviation reliever airport for the busier Richmond International Airport. The modern terminal building has internet access, Wi-Fi, flight planning room, showers, vending machines, restaurant, and pilot quiet rooms.
Dominion Aviation Services[3] is the fixed-base operator (FBO) at this field. Fuel, flight training, and aircraft rental are available. Dominion is an FAA certified repair station.
Chesterfield County Airport is the home base of the Wingnuts Flying Club.[4]
The airport is the second busiest in the Richmond region. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 67,623 aircraft operations, an average of 185 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.
There were at that time 102 aircraft based at this airport: 74 single engine, 14 multi-engine, 8 jet and 6 helicopters.[1]
Public safety and military
Chesterfield County Airport is home to part of the Virginia State Police Med-Flight Program[5][6] and serves as an aviation support facility annex for the Virginia Army National Guard 224th Aviation Regiment.[7] The state police currently has two fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters based out of their aviation division hangar.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FCI PDF, effective 2023-09-07
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFCI - Richmond, Virginia (Chesterfield County Airport)
- ^ Dominion Aviation Services
- ^ Wingnuts Flying Club
- ^ a b Aviation Division, website, Virginia State Police, accessed 2023-03-10
- ^ Senter, Edward (December 5, 2018). "Support for Medflight Program, Spotsylvania FY-2020 Budget". spotsylvania.va.us. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "Army Aviation Support Facility". va.ng.mil. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
5. Richmond Executive Aviation
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FCI
- AirNav airport information for FCI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for FCI