Blackstone Army Airfield
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Blackstone Army Airfield (Template:Comma separated entries), also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the United States Army and the Town of Blackstone.[1]
It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s.[2]
History
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used by Third Air Force as a group training airfield, and later by Air Technical Service Command.
Facilities and aircraft
The airport covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". which contains two concrete paved runways: 4/22 measuring 4,632 x 150 ft (1,412 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 4,032 x 75 ft (1,229 x 23 m). Runway 4/22 can accommodate up to a C-17 airframe(weight capacity of runway is 595,000 lbs). Runway 1/19 accommodates only large UAS traffic. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 3,482 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 85% military and 15% general aviation.[1]
Current tenants
See also
References
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- ↑ National Flight Academy - Powered Virginia Template:Webarchive
External links
- Blackstone Army Airfield at Fort Pickett web site
- Blackstone AAF / A.C. Perkinson Airport at GlobalSecurity.org
- Blackstone Army Air Field / Allen C. Perkinson Municipal Airport page from Virginia Airport Directory
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective Error: Invalid time.
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BKT, effective Error: Invalid time.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BKT
- AirNav airport information for BKT
- ASN accident history for BKT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BKT