Skagit Regional Airport (IATA: MVW, ICAO: KBVS, FAA LID: BVS) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Burlington and northwest of Mount Vernon, both cities in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The airport is owned by the Port of Skagit County.[1] It is situated in the Bayview Industrial Park.

Skagit Regional Airport
IATA: MVW ICAO: KBVS FAA LID: BVS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Port of Skagit County
Location	Burlington / Mount Vernon, Washington
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	48°28′15″N 122°25′15″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 3,000 914 Asphalt 11/29 5,477 1,669 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations 61,900 Based aircraft 124
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Skagit Regional Airport is assigned BVS by the FAA and MVW by the IATA[2] (which assigned BVS to Breves, Pará, Brazil[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Skagit Regional Airport covers an area of 1,847 acres (747 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways with pilot activated lights: 11/29 measuring: 5,477 x 100 ft (1,669 x 30 m) and 4/22: 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2006, the airport had 58,100 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 151 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single engine, 2% multi-engine, 7% jet aircraft and 1% ultralights.[1]

In the 1980s, Harbor Airlines operated commercial passenger flights into and out of MVW to Seattle-Tacoma International and to Oak Harbor, WA, using Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

The Heritage Flight Museum is located on the south side of the airport.[4]

Cargo Carriers

References

External links

• at Port of Skagit County Website Page
• Facebook Page
• Skagit Regional (Bayview) Airport at Washington State DOT

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for BVS
  • AirNav airport information for KBVS
  • ASN accident history for MVW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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