Potomac Airfield (ICAO: KVKX, FAA LID: VKX), also known as Potomac Airport (ⓘ), a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it has a Fort Washington postal address.[3][4] It is a general aviation airport, and there is no scheduled airline service available.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Copley Investments | ||||||||||
| Serves | Washington DC metro area | ||||||||||
| Location | Friendly CDP, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 118 ft / 36 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°44′55″N 076°57′21″W / 38.74861°N 76.95583°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Potomac-Airfield.com | ||||||||||
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Potomac Airfield is located within the Washington, D.C. Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). In order to take off or land at the airport, pilots must apply for a regional security clearance through the airport's website, or the FAA.
Facilities and aircraft
editPotomac Airfield covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha), and features one paved asphalt runway (6/24) measuring 2,665 x 40 ft (812 x 12 m). In the year ending September 14, 2023, there were 12,054 operations, average 33 per day. There were at that time 94 aircraft based at this airport: 91 single engine and 3 multi-engine.[1]
In popular culture
editThe airfield appears in a season 3 episode of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman entitled "Mission Improbable".[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for VKX PDF, effective April 18, 2024.
- ^ Potomac Airfield (official site)
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Friendly CDP, MD." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. Previously Friendly had a different shape: "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: FRIENDLY CDP." In the 1990 U.S. Census Bureau maps of Prince George's County, Maryland (index map) Friendly CDP is on pages 27, 28, and 33.
- ^ "3rd%20class%20medical%20-%20final%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf." Potomac Airfield. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. "10300 Glen Way * Fort Washington * MD "
External links
edit- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VKX
- AirNav airport information for VKX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for VKX