Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
37°12′28″N 080°24′28″W / 37.20778°N 80.40778°W
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Virginia Tech Montgomery Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Blacksburg, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,120 ft (650 m) | ||||||||||
| Website | www.vtmea.com | ||||||||||
Interactive map of Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (IATA: BCB, ICAO: KBCB, FAA LID: BCB) is a public airport named for nearby Virginia Tech and located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Blacksburg, a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport covers an area of 248 acres (100 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway, designated 13/31 and measuring 5500 x 100 ft (1,700 x 30 m).
For the period ending August 1, 2020, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military.[1] BCB is an instrument flight rules airport with GPS approaches to both runways, a LOC/DME approach to runway 12, a non-precision NDB approach, and an automated weather observing system (AWOS-3).[2]
The airport officially opened in 1931 as VPI Airport (Virginia Tech was previously abbreviated VPI).[3] University cadets trained to fly there during World War II. A new terminal building was completed in 1996, and the airport took its current name in 2002.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "FAA Airport Form 5010 for BCB" (PDF). FAA. , effective 25 October 2007
- ↑ Airnav http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBCB
- ↑ Byrne, Bill. "History of the Virginia Tech Airport, In Four Parts, Part 1: 1929 - 1982" (PDF). Virginia Tech/Montgomery Regional Airport Authority. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ "Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport Master Plan Update, 15 May 2008". Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
External links
- Official website
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BCB
- AirNav airport information for KBCB
- ASN accident history for BCB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
