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Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N

-77.21910°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 14.3%

DEP / DAY

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

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

46m ago

Temp

65°F

Wind

3 kts

270°

Visib

0 m

Ceil

—

KNYG 122356Z AUTO 27003KT CLR 18/17 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01830167 10261 20183 53010 $

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

91% of ops

32 land · 0 TO

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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