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 05-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:36 | | 09:36 |
Sunrise | | 06:04 | | 10:04 |
Sunset | | 19:55 | | 23:55 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:24 | | 00:24 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 05-May-2025 10:47:33 |
Local (UTC-4) | 05-May-2025 06:47:33 |
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METAR |
KTGI 16nm NW | 051035Z AUTO 7SM BKN011 OVC022 19/19 A2993 RMK AO1 T01920189
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TAF |
KSBY 43nm N | 050854Z 0509/0606 VRB03KT 2SM BR VCSH SCT002 BKN004 TEMPO 0509/0512 1/2SM FG VV002 FM051300 13006KT P6SM VCSH BKN007 FM051400 14009KT P6SM SCT007 OVC012 FM051900 15011KT P6SM BKN025
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KLFI 45nm SW | 051100Z 0511/0617 17009KT 8000 TSRA SCT010CB BKN020 QNH2989INS BECMG 0513/0514 15012G18KT 9000 -SHRA SCT015 BKN030 QNH2984INS TEMPO 0518/0523 21015G20KT 6000 TSRA BKN010CB OVC035 BECMG 0601/0602 180012KT 9000 SHRA SCT020 BKN040 QNH2973INS TX24/0520Z TN18/0511Z
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KPHF 47nm SW | 050520Z 0506/0606 VRB04KT P6SM BKN008 TEMPO 0506/0509 3SM BR FM050900 00000KT 2SM BR BKN007 FM051300 15005KT P6SM SCT007 BKN015 FM051500 14007KT P6SM BKN035
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KNHK 48nm NW | 0507/0607 VRB06KT 6000 BR BKN005 QNH2988INS TEMPO 5010/0515 1600 BR BKN002 FM051500 12008KT 9999 VCSH SCT015 BKN025 QNH2990INS TEMPO 0516/0521 6000 SHRA BKN015 OVC030 FM052300 13010KT 9999 VCTS SCT015 BKN030CB QNH2992INS TEMPO 0600/0604 VRB15G25KT 3200 TSRA BKN005CB OVC015 FM060400 16008KT 9999 FEW015 SCT030 QNH2994INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 0507 TIL 0512 TX20/0520Z TN17/0510Z FN00285
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KORF 49nm SW | 050520Z 0506/0606 16005KT P6SM OVC005 TEMPO 0506/0509 4SM BR FM050900 17003KT 4SM BR SCT005 OVC007 FM051300 15005KT P6SM SCT007 BKN015 FM051600 15008KT P6SM BKN035
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NOTAMs |
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