Front Royal–Warren County Airport is a public airport three miles west of

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for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''

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'' facility.

Facilities

The airport covers 90

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s (36 ha) at an elevation of 709 feet (216 m). Its single runway, 10/28, is 3,007 by 75 feet (917 x 23 m) asphalt. In the year ending July 31, 2010 the airport had 15,549 aircraft operations, average 42 per day: 97%

, 2% military, and 2%

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. 45 aircraft were then based at the airport: 71% single-engine, 20% glider, 4%

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, 2% multi-engine, and 2% jet.

References

External links

Front Royal–Warren County Airport
at Virginia Aviation Online
Aerial image as of April 2001
from

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