New Market Airport

New Market Airport (FAA LID: 8W2) is a privately owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of New Market, a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States.[1] The facility serves primarily general aviation for the areas around New Market. The facility is also the base for a skydiving operation—Skydive Shenandoah—and arriving aircraft should be sure to check if skydiving operations are in progress on Unicom frequency 122.80. Skydiving Operations are intensive on weekends throughout the year.

New Market Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRobert Thomas
ServesNew Market, Virginia
Elevation AMSL975 ft / 297 m
Coordinates38°39′20″N 078°42′29″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 2,920 890 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations15,413
Based aircraft27

Facilities and aircraft

New Market Airport covers an area of 44 acres (18 ha) at an elevation of 975 feet (297 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,920 by 60 feet (890 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2009, the airport had 15,413 aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day: 99.3% general aviation and 0.7% military. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]

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See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for 8W2 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
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