Eagle's Nest Airport (Virginia)

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Coordinates: 38°04′37″N 078°56′39″W / 38.07694, -78.94417

Eagle's Nest Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: W13
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Michael L. Fogle
Location		Waynesboro, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		1,437 ft / 438 m
Website		www.EaglesNest.aero
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	2,009	612	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			12,383
Based aircraft			68
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Eagle's Nest Airport (FAA LID: W13) is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Waynesboro, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is privately-owned by Michael L. Fogle.^[1]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Flight School
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Eagle's Nest Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (6/24) measuring 2,009 x 50 ft. (612 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 12,383 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 92% general aviation and 8% air taxi. There are 68 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 7% glider.^[1]

[edit] Flight School

Eagle's Nest operates a small flight school which currently offers three ratings: Private Pilot, Instrument Pilot, and Commercial Pilot. The primary flight instructor is David Van Clief, who has logged over 14,000 hours of flight time, most of that as CFI/CFII/MEI. The primary instrument instructor is Marianne Blair.^[2]

Two Cessna 172M aircraft are available for rent: N19868 and N1766V. N1766V is a former police airplane, and N19868 was acquired in 2007 from a private owner. The rental rate as of May 23rd, 2008 was $97.00/hour, or $87.00/hr if you prepay a ten hour block, known as "block time." The flight school and FBO are also home to a mascot of sorts, a dog named Lexie.