Chesterfield County Airport

Airport in Virginia, United States

Chesterfield County Airport

* IATA: none
* ICAO: KFCI
* FAA LID: FCI

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Chesterfield County
Serves| Richmond, Virginia
Elevation AMSL| 236 ft / 72 m
Coordinates| 37°24′24″N 077°31′30″W﻿ / ﻿37.40667°N 77.52500°W﻿ / 37.40667; -77.52500
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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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ft  | m
15/33  | 5,500  | 1,676  | Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
| Aircraft operations| 67,623

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Based aircraft| 102

Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chesterfield County Airport (ICAO: KFCI, FAA LID: FCI) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the central business district of Richmond, Virginia, United States, in unincorporated Chesterfield County. It is owned by Chesterfield County.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chesterfield County Airport is assigned FCI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Chesterfield County Airport Runway

## Facilities and aircraft

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Built in 1973, Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of 593 acres (240 ha), which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m).[1] The runway was completely resurfaced in 2007 and repainted in 2008.

Chesterfield County Airport is designated by the FAA as an official general aviation reliever airport for the busier Richmond International Airport. The modern terminal building has internet access, Wi-Fi, flight planning room, showers, vending machines, restaurant, and pilot quiet rooms.

Dominion Aviation Services[3] is the fixed-base operator (FBO) at this field. Fuel, flight training, and aircraft rental are available. Dominion is an FAA certified repair station.

Chesterfield County Airport is the home base of the Wingnuts Flying Club.[4]

The airport is the second busiest in the Richmond region. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 67,623 aircraft operations, an average of 185 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.

There were at that time 102 aircraft based at this airport: 74 single engine, 14 multi-engine, 8 jet and 6 helicopters.[1]

## Public safety and military

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Chesterfield County Airport is home to part of the Virginia State Police Med-Flight Program[5][6] and serves as an aviation support facility annex for the Virginia Army National Guard 224th Aviation Regiment.[7] The state police currently has two fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters based out of their aviation division hangar.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FCI PDF, effective 2023-09-07
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFCI - Richmond, Virginia (Chesterfield County Airport)
3. ^ Dominion Aviation Services
4. ^ Wingnuts Flying Club
5. ^ a b Aviation Division, website, Virginia State Police, accessed 2023-03-10
6. ^ Senter, Edward (December 5, 2018). "Support for Medflight Program, Spotsylvania FY-2020 Budget". spotsylvania.va.us. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
7. ^ "Army Aviation Support Facility". va.ng.mil. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

5\. Richmond Executive Aviation

## External links

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* Resources for this airport:
* FAA airport information for FCI
* AirNav airport information for FCI
* FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
* SkyVector aeronautical chart for FCI

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Chesterfield County, Virginia

* Greater Petersburg Region
* Greater Richmond Region

Administration|

* Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
* Chesterfield County Department of Transportation
* Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority
* Chesterfield County Fire and Rescue Department
* Chesterfield County Public Schools
* Chesterfield County Park Authority
* Chesterfield County Police Department
* Chesterfield County Planning Commission
* Chesterfield County Public Library
* Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office

Landmarks|

* Bermuda Hundred
* Chesterfield Courthouse
* Dale's Pale
* Falling Creek Bridge
* Falling Creek Ironworks
* Henricus
* Magnolia Grange
* Swift Creek Mill
* Vawter Hall

Transportation|

| Air|

* Chesterfield County Airport

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Roads|

* Chippenham Parkway
* Powhite Parkway
* Virginia State Route 10
* Virginia State Route 288
* Virginia State Route 895

Transit|

* Access Chesterfield
* Greater Richmond Transit Company
* 3B
* 3C
* Amtrak
* Petersburg station

Culture|

* Pocahontas State Park

Education|

* Brightpoint Community College
* Virginia State University

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