Mercer County Airport (West Virginia)

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Coordinates: 37°17′45″N 081°12′28″W / 37.29583, -81.20778

Mercer County Airport
IATA: BLF – ICAO: KBLF – FAA: BLF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Mercer County Airport Authority
Serves		Bluefield, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL		2,857 ft / 871 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	4,742	1,445	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			16,680
Based aircraft			41
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

For the airport in Mercer County, New Jersey, see Trenton-Mercer Airport.

Mercer County Airport (IATA: BLF, ICAO: KBLF, FAA LID: BLF) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Bluefield and about nine miles southwest of Princeton, both cities in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.^[1] It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until August 1, 2006.^[2]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,885 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005.^[3] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Mercer County Airport is a general aviation airport because a commercial service classification requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year.^[4]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airline and destinations
- 2.1 Former airlines
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Mercer County Airport covers an area of 144 acres (58 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (5/23) measuring 4,742 x 100 ft. (1,445 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 17, 2006, the airport had 16,680 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 87% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial and 1% military. There are 41 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 7% ultralight and 2% jet.^[1]