- Skagit Regional Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Skagit Regional Airport
IATA = MVW
ICAO = KBVS
FAA = BVS
type = Public
owner = Port of Skagit County
operator =
city-served =
location = Burlington /Mount Vernon, Washington
elevation-f = 144
elevation-m = 44
coordinates = coord|48|28|15|N|122|25|15|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 3,000
r1-length-m = 914
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 10/28
r2-length-f = 5,477
r2-length-m = 1,669
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 58,100
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 151
footnotes = Source:Federal Aviation Administration FAA-airport|ID=BVS|use=PU|own=PU|site=26125.1*A, effective 2007-07-05]Skagit Regional Airport airport codes|MVW|KBVS|BVS is a public
airport located three miles (5 km) west of thecentral business district of Burlington and northwest of Mount Vernon, both cities in Skagit County,Washington ,United States . The airport is owned by the Port of Skagit County. It is situated in the Bayview Industrial Park.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Skagit Regional Airport is assigned BVS by the FAA and MVW by the IATA [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/MVW Great Circle Mapper: MVW / KBVS - Burlington / Mount Vernon, Washington (Skagit Regional Airport)] ] (which assigned BVS toBreves ,Pará ,Brazil [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BVS Great Circle Mapper: BVS / SNVS - Breves, Pará, Brazil] ] ).Facilities and aircraft
Skagit Regional Airport covers an area of 1,835
acre s (743 ha) which contains twoasphalt pavedrunway s with pilot activated lights: 10/28 measuring: 5,477 x 100 ft (1,669 x 30 m) and 4/22: 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m).For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2006, the airport had 58,100 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 96%
general aviation , 3%air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 151 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single engine, 2% multi-engine, 7% jet aircraft and 1%ultralight s.In the 1980s, Harbor Airlines operated commercial passenger flights into and out of MVW to Seattle-Tacoma International and to Oak Harbor, WA, using Britton Norman Islander aircraft.
References
External links
* [http://www.portofskagit.com/Airport/airport.htm Skagit Regional Airport] at Port of Skagit County
* [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/AllStateAirports/Burlington_SkagitRegional.htm Skagit Regional (Bayview) Airport] atWashington State DOT
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