FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | MFV |
Lat/Long: | 37-38-48.7640N 075-45-39.7630W 37-38.812733N 075-45.662717W 37.6468789,-75.7610453 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 47.6 ft. / 14.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 11W (2000) |
From city: | 1 mile W of MELFA, VA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 23410 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1943 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | MFV (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0830-1730 AFT HRS ACES TO RESTROOMS. |
Pattern altitude: | TPA LGT ACFT 850 FT, HVY ACFT 1500 FT. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | MIRL RWY 03/21 PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RWYS 03 & 21 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.175 (757-787-5660) |
PATUXENT APPROACH: | 127.95 |
POTOMAC APPROACH: | 127.2 ;WHEN NHK APCH CLSD |
PATUXENT DEPARTURE: | 127.95 |
POTOMAC DEPARTURE: | 127.2 ;WHEN NHK APCH CLSD |
WX AWOS-3 at TGI (16 nm NW): | 119.8 (757-891-2246) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY POTOMAC TRACON ON 127.2/281.475 WHEN PATUXENT APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
CCVr042/21.2 | | CAPE CHARLES VORTAC | | 112.20 | | 10W |
SWLr218/28.3 | | SNOW HILL VORTAC | | 112.40 | | 08W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF-SERVE FUEL (100LL AND A) AVBL 24HRS. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | NONE |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 3/21
Dimensions: | 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
Latitude: | 37-38.433472N | | 37-39.192005N |
Longitude: | 075-45.864995W | | 075-45.460420W |
Elevation: | 46.6 ft. | | 47.6 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 034 magnetic, 023 true | | 214 magnetic, 203 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | LOC/DME | | |
Obstructions: | 62 ft. tree, 2569 ft. from runway, 442 ft. right of centerline, 38:1 slope to clear | | 93 ft. tree, 1797 ft. from runway, 209 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | COUNTY OF ACCOMACK 29194 PARKWAY NORTH MELFA, VA 23410 Phone 757-787-4600 |
Manager: | BRUCE HERBERT 29194 PARKWAY NORTH MELFA, VA 23410 Phone 757-787-4600 |
Additional Remarks
A25 | SUBJECT TO EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS PROHIBITION OF SECTION 308A (CONSTRUCTED BY BPR). |
- | DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC PATUXENT APCH AT 301-342-3740, WHEN PATUXENT APCH IS CLSD CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-640-4124. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 | |
download (203KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 | |
download (185KB) |
LOC RWY 03 | |
download (198KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (169KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (140KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KTGI - Tangier Island Airport (16 nm NW)
KWAL - Wallops Flight Facility (22 nm NE)
W41 - Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (22 nm N)
W75 - Hummel Field Airport (33 nm W)
KSBY - Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (43 nm N)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 06-Sep-2010
looking south.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 09-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:31 | | 09:31 |
Sunrise | | 06:00 | | 10:00 |
Sunset | | 19:59 | | 23:59 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:28 | | 00:28 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 09-May-2025 13:43:44 |
Local (UTC-4) | 09-May-2025 09:43:44 |
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METAR |
KTGI 16nm NW | 091315Z AUTO 10SM BKN009 BKN016 BKN070 20/19 A2988 RMK AO1 T02000185
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 091158Z 0912/1012 VRB06KT P6SM BKN025 TEMPO 0912/0914 BKN005 FM091400 25007KT P6SM BKN025 FM091900 31011G17KT 6SM -SHRA BKN025 FM100300 31007KT P6SM SCT120
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KLFI 45nm SW | 091100Z 0911/1017 VRB06KT 9999 SCT035 BKN050 QNH2986INS BECMG 0913/0814 240012KT 8000 SHRA SCT020 BKN040 QNH2984INS BECMG 0918/0919 21012G18KT 9999 NSW FEW040 SCT070 QNH29987INS TEMPO 0921/1002 23015G25KT 6000 TSRA OVC010CB BECMG 1002/1003 28015G20KT 9999 NSW FEW030 SCT055 QNH2979INS TX27/0921Z TN16/0911Z
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KPHF 47nm SW | 091120Z 0912/1012 24004KT P6SM BKN060 FM092000 36011G17KT P6SM VCTS BKN025CB PROB30 0920/0924 VRB20G30KT 3SM TSRA BKN020CB FM100300 33006KT P6SM SCT100
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KNHK 48nm NW | 0823/0923 13009KT 9999 FEW060 SCT095 BKN280 QNH2986INS BECMG 0823/0900 15006KT 9999 VCTS SCT065CB BKN100 BKN240 QNH2982INS TEMPO 0900/0906 VRB15G25KT 4800 TSRA OVC050CB BECMG 0906/0908 VRB06KT 9999 VCSH SCT010 BKN080 BKN200 QNH2980INS BECMG 0911/0913 19006KT 6000 -SHRA VCTS BKN010 BKN025CB OVC090 QNH2978INS BECMG 0915/0916 34012G20KT 6000 -SHRA BKN035 OVC065 QNH2983INS BECMG 0920/0921 33011KT 9999 NSW SCT030 BKN090 QNH2989INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 0903 TIL 0908 TX23/0823Z TN17/0918Z COR 0010
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KORF 49nm SW | 091120Z 0912/1012 24005KT P6SM BKN080 FM092000 01011G17KT P6SM VCTS BKN020CB PROB30 0920/0924 VRB20G30KT 3SM TSRA BKN020CB FM100300 34008KT P6SM SCT100
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NOTAMs |
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