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.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Robert Thomas | ||||||||||
| Serves | New Market, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 975 ft / 297 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°39′20″N 078°42′29″W / 38.65556°N 78.70806°W | ||||||||||
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Facilities and aircraft
editNew 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]
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Aerial image as of 17 March 1989 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 8W2
- AirNav airport information for 8W2
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8W2
- News report on April 10, 2017 plane crash by WHSV