Chesterfield County Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Chesterfield County | ||||||||||
Serves | Richmond, Virginia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 237 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 | |||||||||||
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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 and is in excellent condition.
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, 2006, the airport had 82,500 aircraft operations, an average of 226 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military.
There are 137 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 7% jets and 3% helicopters.[1]
References[]
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
- Airports in Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Transportation in Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Airports established in 1973
- 1973 establishments in Virginia
- Southern United States airport stubs
- Virginia building and structure stubs
- Virginia transportation stubs