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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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KOFP, 39 mi away (VA57 does not publish METAR)

just now

Temp

81°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KOFP 312354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02670228 10333 20267 52004

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

90% of ops

26 land · 0 TO

10% of ops

3 land · 1 TO

Runway E carries 90% of operations (26 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is W at 10%.

Approach quality

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

E 26 landings

UA 38%

W 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 38% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 26 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

0.9

flights/day · 28 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 10pm · 7pm

Day vs night

54%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (0.8 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

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

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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