Danville Regional Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Pittsylvania County

Pittsylvania County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 61,745 people, 24,684 households, and 18,216 families residing in the county. The population density was 64 people per square mile . There were 28,011 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Virginia

Virginia

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the City of Danville

Danville, Virginia

Danville is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. It was the last capital of the Confederate States of America. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for...

 and is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of its central business district

Central business district

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Danville Regional Airport covers an area of 800 acres (323.7 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 571 feet (174 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 2/20 is 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,020 by 100 feet (1,225 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending February 29, 2008, the airport had 18,238 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 99.7% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 0.3% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 10% multi-engine.

External links

• Danville Regional Airport at City of Danville website
• Aerial photo as of 1 April 1994 from USGS The National Map