Luray Caverns Airport (ICAO: KLUA, FAA LID: LUA, formerly W45) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Luray, a town in Page County, Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Town of Luray and Page County.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]

Luray Caverns Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KLUA FAA LID: LUA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Luray & Page County
Serves	Luray, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	903 ft / 275 m
Coordinates	38°40′01″N 078°30′02″W
Map
LUA Location of airport in Virginia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 3,125 952 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 8,076 Based aircraft 14
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LUA by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned LUA to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Luray Caverns Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) at an elevation of 903 feet (275 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,125 by 75 feet (952 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 8,076 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, and 21% multi-engine.[1]

References

External links

• Luray Caverns Airport at Virginia Aviation Online
• Aerial image as of March 2000 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for LUA, effective August 11, 2022
• Airport information for KLUA at AirNav
• Recent weather observations for KLUA at NOAA/NWS