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VA57 ·

Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N

-77.21910°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

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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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

96% of ops

74 land · 0 TO

4% of ops

3 land · 0 TO

Runway E carries 96% of operations (74 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is W at 4%.

Approach quality

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

E 74 landings

UA 42%

W 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 42% unstable-approach rate (31 UA events from 74 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

1.0

flights/day · 29 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 6pm · 8pm

Day vs night

79%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.2× weekday (2.0 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 29 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDC
Elevation:: 60 ft
Mag var:: 9° W

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