Accomack County Airport (IATA: MFV, ICAO: KMFV, FAA LID: MFV) is a county-owned public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district in Melfa, a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.[1]

Accomack County Airport
1995 USGS Photo
IATA: MFV ICAO: KMFV FAA LID: MFV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Accomack County Airport Commission
Location	Accomack County (near Melfa), Virginia, U.S.
Elevation AMSL	47 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	37°38′48″N 075°45′39″W
Map
MFV Location of airport in Virginia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 14,056 Based aircraft 23
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Melfa Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).^{[citation needed]}
Between April 1957 and October 1958 the north end of runway 21, which is now a displaced threshold section, was used for tests by the Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
These tests involved an Vought F7U Cutlass dropping simulated atomic anti-runway bombs, to test for penetration necessary for effectiveness.[2]
The repairs to the displaced threshold, still visible on aerial photographs, are impacts from these tests.

Facilities and aircraft

Accomack County Airport covers an area of 100 acres which contains one runway designated 3/21 with a 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, the airport had 14,056 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 84% general aviation and 8% air taxi and 9% military. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 22 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for MFV
  • AirNav airport information for MFV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for MFV