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Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N
-77.21910°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 83.3%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%

Powhatan Airport (VA57) is a small general aviation airport located in King George, VA, 40 mi south of Alexandria. It features 1 runway measuring 4,888 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KDCA, 43 mi away (VA57 does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
9 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KDCA 122052Z 32009G18KT 10SM BKN043 BKN250 24/16 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02390156 55005

Runways

1 installed

4,888 FT MAX
E/W
4,888 ft × 50
ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

E
91% of ops
32 land · 0 TO
W
9% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway E carries 91% of operations (32 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is W at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

E 32 landings
UA 28%
W 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to E show a 28% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 32 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.4
flights/day · 42 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (1.9 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (19% of 42 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
60 ft
Mag var:
9° W
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