Hampton Roads Executive Airport

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Coordinates: 36°46′49″N 076°26′56″W / 36.78028, -76.44889

Hampton Roads Executive Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KPVG – FAA: PVG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Virginia Aviation Associates, L.L.C
Serves		Norfolk, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		23 ft / 7 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	4,056	1,236	Asphalt
2/20	3,524	1,074	Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations			86,805
Based aircraft			203
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Hampton Roads Executive Airport (ICAO: KPVG, FAA LID: PVG) is a public-use airport located seven miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district of Norfolk and northwest of Chesapeake, both independent cities in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is privately owned by Virginia Aviation Associates, L.L.C.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Hampton Roads Executive Airport is assigned PVG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned PVG to Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China).^[2]^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hampton Roads Executive Airport covers an area of 511 acres (207 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 measuring 4,056 x 70 ft. (1,236 x 21 m) and 2/20 measuring 3,524 x 70 ft. (1,074 x 21 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 86,805 aircraft operations, an average of 237 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 203 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 8% helicopters and 4% ultralights.^[1]