Blue Ridge Airport

Blue Ridge Regional Airport
Blue Ridge Regional Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KMTV; FAA LID: MTV;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Blue Ridge Airport Authority
Serves	Martinsville, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	941 ft / 287 m
Coordinates	36°37′51″N 080°01′06″W / 36.63083°N 80.01833°W
Website	www.FlyBlueRidge.com
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	23,065
Based aircraft	60
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Blue Ridge Regional Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA LID: MTV) is nine miles southwest of Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia. It is owned by the Blue Ridge Airport Authority.^[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is MTV to the FAA and has no IATA code^[3] (IATA says MTV is Mota Lava Airport in Mota Lava, Vanuatu^[4]).

Facilities[]

The airport covers 270 acres (110 ha) at an elevation of 941 feet (287 m). Its single runway, 12/30, is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt.^[1]

In the year ending June 30, 2007 the airport had 23,065 aircraft operations, average 63 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. 60 aircraft were then based at the airport: 76.7% single-engine, 13.3% multi-engine, 3.3% jet, 3.3% helicopter and 3.3% glider.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
^ "Blue Ridge Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA: MTV)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
^ "Mota Lava, Vanuatu (IATA: MTV, ICAO: NVSA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

External links[]

Blue Ridge Regional Airport, official website
Aerial image as of 3 April 1996 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for MTV, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MTV
- AirNav airport information for KMTV
- ASN accident history for MTV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.

[2] National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

[3] "Blue Ridge Airport (ICAO: KMTV, FAA: MTV)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

[4] "Mota Lava, Vanuatu (IATA: MTV, ICAO: NVSA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

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