New River Valley Airport

New River Valley Airport
IATA: PSK – ICAO: KPSK – FAA LID: PSK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner New River Valley Airport Commission
Serves New River Valley
Location Dublin, Virginia
Elevation AMSL 2,105 ft / 642 m
Coordinates 37°08′14″N 080°40′43″W / 37.13722°N 80.67861°W / 37.13722; -80.67861
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,201 1,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 10,044
Based aircraft 34

New River Valley Airport (IATA: PSK, ICAO: KPSK, FAA LID: PSK) is two miles north of Dublin, in Pulaski County, Virginia. It is owned by the New River Valley Airport Commission.[1]

The facility serves general aviation and is a U.S. Customs Service port of entry as of 2006.[2]

It opened around 1960 (it's not in the 1959 Aviation Week airport directory). Piedmont Airlines stopped there in the 1960s.

Facilities

New River Valley Airport covers 469 acres (190 ha) at an elevation of 2,105 feet (642 m). Its one runway, 6/24, is 6,201 by 150 feet (1,890 x 46 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending July 31, 2006 the airport had 10,044 aircraft operations, average 27 per day: 62% general aviation and 38% military. 34 aircraft were then based at the airport: 79% single-engine, 18% multi-engine and 3% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for PSK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Port Of Entry-New River Valley Airport". Virginia Ports of Entry. U.S. Customs & Border Protection. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

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