Stafford Regional Airport

north of Richmond. It is owned and operated by the Stafford Regional Airport Authority, an independent body of representatives from Stafford and Prince William Counties and the City of Fredericksburg. [ [http://www.staffordairport.com/ Stafford Regional Airport website] , retrieved 2007-10-08.]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Stafford Regional Airport is assigned RMN by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned RMN to Rumginae, Papua New Guinea). [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KRMN Great Circle Mapper: KRMN - Stafford, Virginia (Stafford Regional Airport)] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/RMN Great Circle Mapper: RMN - Rumginae, Papua New Guinea] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Stafford Regional Airport covers an area of 566 acres (229 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 7,667 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% military.

Accidents

The airport was the site of a fatal accident on February 22, 2006, involving a Lancair Columbia 400 piloted by a private pilot. [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20060315X00306&key=1 Abstract of NTSB reference NYC06FA072] (February 26, 2007).] The pilot and three passengers were killed when the aircraft flew into trees surrounding the runway after an aborted landing attempt via ILS. [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20060315X00306&ntsbno=NYC06FA072&akey=1 NTSB reference NYC06FA072] (February 26, 2007).] Following an investigation, the NTSB cited pilot error as the most likely cause of the accident. [ Freehling, B., "“ [http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/022007/02282007/263664 Report Faults Pilot] ”," The Free Lance-Star, February 28, 2007.]

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