Blackstone Army Airfield
It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s.
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 600 acres (240 ha) 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.
Current tenants
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for BKT PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ National Flight Academy - Powered Virginia Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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 September 5, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BKT, effective September 5, 2024
- 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