Skagit Regional Airport

Summary

Skagit Regional Airport (IATA: MVW, ICAO: KBVS, FAA LID: 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.[1] It is situated in the Bayview Industrial Park.

Skagit Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Skagit County
LocationBurlington / Mount Vernon, Washington
Elevation AMSL144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates48°28′15″N 122°25′15″W / 48.47083°N 122.42083°W / 48.47083; -122.42083
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,000 914 Asphalt
11/29 5,480 1,670 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations61,900
Based aircraft132

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[2] (which assigned BVS to Breves, Pará, Brazil[3]).

Facilities and aircraft edit

Skagit Regional Airport covers an area of 1,847 acres (747 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways with pilot activated lights: 11/29 measuring: 5,480 x 100 ft (1,670 x 30 m) and 4/22: 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2016, the airport had 61,900 aircraft operations, an average of 169 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 132 aircraft based at this airport: 113 single engine, 8 multi-engine, 3 jet, 7 helicopters, and 1 ultralights.[1]

In the 1980s, Harbor Airlines operated commercial passenger flights into and out of MVW to Seattle-Tacoma International and to Oak Harbor, WA, using Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

The Heritage Flight Museum is located on the south side of the airport.[4]

Cargo Carriers edit

AirlinesDestinations
Ameriflight Seattle–Boeing
FedEx Feeder Seattle/Tacoma

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BVS PDF, effective 2023-08-10
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: MVW / KBVS - Burlington / Mount Vernon, Washington (Skagit Regional Airport)
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BVS / SNVS - Breves, Pará, Brazil
  4. ^ "Location and Directions". Heritage Flight Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links edit

  • [1] at Port of Skagit County Website Page
  • [2] Facebook Page
  • Skagit Regional (Bayview) Airport at Washington State DOT
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for BVS
    • AirNav airport information for KBVS
    • ASN accident history for MVW
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures