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 AdministrationFAA-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 the central 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 to Breves, 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 acres (743 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways 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% ultralights.

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] at Washington State DOT
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