Chesterfield County Airport (ICAO: KFCI, FAA LID: FCI) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the central business district of Richmond, Virginia, United States, in unincorporated Chesterfield County. It is owned by Chesterfield County.[1]

Chesterfield County Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KFCI FAA LID: FCI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Chesterfield County
Serves	Richmond, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates	37°24′24″N 077°31′30″W
Map
FCI Location of airport in Virginia / United States Show map of Virginia FCI FCI (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 82,500 Based aircraft 137
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chesterfield County Airport is assigned FCI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Built in 1973, Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of 593 acres (240 ha) ,which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m).[1] The runway was completely resurfaced in 2007 and repainted in 2008.

Chesterfield County Airport is designated by the FAA as an official general aviation reliever airport for the busier Richmond International Airport. The modern terminal building has internet access, Wi-Fi, flight planning room, showers, vending machines, restaurant, and pilot quiet rooms.

Dominion Aviation Services[3] is the fixed-base operator (FBO) at this field. Fuel, flight training, and aircraft rental are available. Dominion is an FAA certified repair station.

Chesterfield County Airport is the home base of the Wingnuts Flying Club.[4]

The airport is the second busiest in the Richmond region. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 82,500 aircraft operations, an average of 226 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military.

There are 137 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 7% jets and 3% helicopters.[1]

Public Safety & Military

Chesterfield County Airport is currently the home to the Virginia State Police Med-Flight Program[5] and serves as an Aviation Support Facility Annex for the Virginia Army National Guard 224th Aviation Regiment.[6] The State Police currently has two fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters based out of their Aviation Division hangar.

References

5. Richmond Executive Aviation

External links

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

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