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VA57 ·

Powhatan Airport

38.24850°N

-77.21910°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 57.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 50.0%

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 KEZF, 13 mi away (VA57 does not publish METAR)

42m ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

3 kts

100°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KEZF 022115Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02610212

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

29 land · 0 TO

9% of ops

3 land · 0 TO

Runway E carries 91% of operations (29 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 29 landings

UA 34%

W 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to E show a 34% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 29 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 · 26 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 1pm · 2pm

Day vs night

54%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–10pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.2 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

5 · 19%

3 · 12%

2 · 8%

Activity is led by (19% of 26 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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