Blackstone Army Airfield , also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County,

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and the Town of Blackstone. It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s.National Flight Academy - Powered Virginia

History

During

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the airfield was used by the

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. It was used by

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as a group training airfield, and later by Air Technical Service Command.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of which contains two

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s: 4/22 measuring 4,632 x 150 ft (1,412 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 4,032 x 75 ft (1,229 x 23 m). Runway 4/22 can accommodate up to a C-17 airframe(weight capacity of runway is 595,000 lbs). Runway 1/19 accommodates only large UAS traffic. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 3,482 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 85% military and 15%

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Current tenants

* Virginia Air National Guard * Fort Pickett Composite Squadron VA-142, Civil Air Patrol

References

External links

Blackstone Army Airfield
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web site
Blackstone AAF / A.C. Perkinson Airport
at GlobalSecurity.org
Blackstone Army Air Field / Allen C. Perkinson Municipal Airport
page from Virginia Airport Directory * *
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History

Facilities and aircraft

Current tenants

See also

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