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Lee County Airport (Virginia)
Lee County Airport is a public use airport in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by Lee County and located five nautical miles (6 mile, mi, 9 kilometre, km) southwest of the central business district of Jonesville, Virginia. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which FAA airport categories, categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility. Facilities and aircraft Lee County Airport covers an area of 328 acres (133 hectare, ha) at an elevation of 1,411 feet (430 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an Asphalt concrete, asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2012, the airport had 5,896 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-aircraft engine, engine, 12.5% jet aircraft, jet, and 12.5% helicopter. See also * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Virginia
Lee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,173. Its county seat is Jonesville. History The area of far western Virginia and eastern Kentucky supported large Archaic Native American populations. The first known Europeans to enter what is present-day Lee County were a party of Spanish explorers, Juan de Villalobos and Francisco de Silvera, sent by Hernando de Soto in 1540, in search of gold. The county was formed after the American Revolutionary War in 1792 from Russell County. It was named for Light Horse Harry Lee, the Governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794, who was famous for his exploits as a leader of light cavalry during the war. He was the father of Robert E. Lee, later a West Point graduate and career US Army officer who became the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Lee County was the final front on the Kentucky Trace, now known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
