Culpeper Regional Airport
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Culpeper Regional Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a county-owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of Culpeper, a town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States.[1] Located in Brandy Station, Virginia, the airport opened in 1968. The runway originally measured 3200 ft. by 75 ft. In 1983, the runway was lengthened to 4000 ft. In 2004, the runway was expanded to 5000 ft. by 100 ft. It can handle corporate-size jets and large twin-engine aircraft. The airport has an airfest every October since 1998, with performances such as aerobatics.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Brandy Station Battlefield
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Facilities and aircraft
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For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2012, the airport had 66,067 aircraft operations, an average of 181 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% military and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 114 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 3% ultralight.[1]
References
External links
- Culpeper Regional Airport at Culpeper County website
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CJR, effective Error: Invalid time.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CJR
- AirNav airport information for KCJR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures