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Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N

-77.21910°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KDAA, 32 mi away (VA57 does not publish METAR)

46m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

3 kts

230°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDAA 270755Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM SCT060 BKN090 23/19 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SW SLP093 T02260187 $

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

98% of ops

59 land · 0 TO

2% of ops

1 land · 0 TO

Runway E carries 98% of operations (59 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is W at 2%.

Approach quality

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

E 59 landings

UA 29%

W 1 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 29% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 59 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

0.8

flights/day · 23 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 12pm · 2pm

Day vs night

78%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (1.1 vs 0.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 23 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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