Luray Caverns Airport

Luray Caverns Airport
Luray Caverns Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KLUA; FAA LID: LUA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Luray & Page County
Serves	Luray, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	903 ft / 275 m
Coordinates	38°40′01″N 078°30′02″W / 38.66694°N 78.50056°WCoordinates: 38°40′01″N 078°30′02″W / 38.66694°N 78.50056°W
Map
	LUA Location of airport in Virginia
Runways
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	8,076
Based aircraft	14
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Luray Caverns Airport (ICAO: KLUA, FAA LID: LUA, formerly W45) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Luray, a town in Page County, Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Town of Luray and Page County.^[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LUA by the FAA,^[1] but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned LUA to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal).^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Luray Caverns Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) at an elevation of 903 feet (275 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,125 by 75 feet (952 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 8,076 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, and 21% multi-engine.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012.
^ "Lukla Airport (IATA: LUA, ICAO: VNLK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 18, 2012.

External links[]

Luray Caverns Airport at Virginia Aviation Online
Aerial image as of March 2000 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for LUA, effective February 24, 2022
Airport information for KLUA at AirNav
Recent weather observations for KLUA at NOAA/NWS

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for LUA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.

[2] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012.

[3] "Lukla Airport (IATA: LUA, ICAO: VNLK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 18, 2012.

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