Orange County Airport (Virginia)

Orange County Airport (ICAO: KOMH, FAA LID: OMH) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Orange County, Virginia, United States.[1] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Orange, Virginia.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Orange County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerOrange County
ServesOrange, Virginia
Elevation AMSL464 ft / 141 m
Coordinates38°14′50″N 078°02′44″W
WebsiteOrangeCountyVA.gov/...
Map
OMH
Location of airport in Virginia
OMH
OMH (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,200 975 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations8,623
Based aircraft27

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OMH by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned OMH to Urumiyeh Airport in Urumiyeh, Iran).[4][5] (Prior to 2000, the airport identifier was W93.)

Facilities and aircraft

Orange County Airport covers an area of 322 acres (130 ha) at an elevation of 464 feet (141 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2014, the airport had 8,838 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military, and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 6% ultralight, and 6% helicopter.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for OMH (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2014.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. "Orange County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KOMH, FAA: OMH)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. "IATA Airport Code Search (OMH: Urumiyeh)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. "Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport, Iran (IATA: OMH, ICAO: OITR)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.. (Prior to 2000, the airport identifier was W93.)
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