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Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N

-77.21910°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNYG, 18 mi away (VA57 does not publish METAR)

18m ago

Temp

70°F

Wind

4 kts

270°

Visib

0 m

Ceil

—

KNYG 290556Z AUTO 27004KT CLR 21/20 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP036 T02110200 10228 20211 53005 PWINO $

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

46 land · 0 TO

4% of ops

2 land · 0 TO

Runway E carries 96% of operations (46 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 46 landings

UA 30%

W 2 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 30% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 46 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

1.2

flights/day · 36 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 12pm · 2pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.2 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 36 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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