Franklin Municipal–John Beverly Rose Airport, also known as Franklin Municipal Airport from City of Franklin, Virginia or John Beverly Rose Field from County of Southampton, Virginia is a public

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in Isle of Wight County,

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. The airport is owned by the City of Franklin and is located at 32470 John Beverly Rose Drive, two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the city's

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Facilities and aircraft

Franklin Municipal Airport covers an area of at an

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of 41 feet (12 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 9/27 with a 4,977 x 100 ft (1,517 x 30 m)

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surface. Two former runways, 14/32 and 4/22, are in no longer used and marked with yellow X's. For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 5,012 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day: 70%

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, 30%

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and <1%

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. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-

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, 12% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.

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