Blue Ridge Regional Airport is nine miles southwest of Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia. It is owned by the Blue Ridge Airport Authority. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a general aviation facility.National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, however, Blue Ridge Airport's FAA identifier is MTV, and it has no IATA code (Mota Lava Airport in Mota Lava, Vanuatu holds the IATA identifier MTV).
Facilities The airport covers at an elevation of 941 feet (287 m). Its single runway, 13/31, is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending September 30, 2017 the airport had 23,500 aircraft operations, average 64 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. 20 aircraft were then based at the airport: 80% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, and 5% jet.
References
External links Blue Ridge Regional Airport, official website Aerial image as of 3 April 1996 from USGS The National Map