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

59m ago

Temp

89°F

Wind

4 kts

190°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 271956Z 19004KT 7SM FEW055 32/20 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP091 T03170200 $

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

56 land · 0 TO

2% of ops

1 land · 0 TO

Runway E carries 98% of operations (56 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 56 landings

UA 25%

W 1 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 25% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 56 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

0.7

flights/day · 22 total

Busy hour (local)

12pm

also 2pm · 3pm

Day vs night

77%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–3pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (1.0 vs 0.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 22 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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