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Chesapeake Regional Airport (ICAO: KCPK, FAA LID: CPK) is a public use airport located in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia and serving the Hampton Roads area. The airport is 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the central business district of Norfolk, Virginia. [1] It is owned by the Chesapeake Airport Authority. Horizon Aviation is the FBO.
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 90th-most populous city in the United States. [4] Chesapeake is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
This is a list of airports in Virginia (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
This military airport is owned by the U.S. Navy and is under the operational control of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The airfield primarily supports day and night Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) operations by US Navy and US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet , and US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet , E-2 Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound aircraft based ...
Hampton Roads Executive Airport (ICAO: KPVG, FAA LID: PVG) is a public-use airport seven miles (11 km) southwest of Norfolk and northwest of Chesapeake, Virginia.It is privately owned by Virginia Aviation Associates, L.L.C.
Operations moved to Glenrock Airport, but the Great Depression caused all commercial flights to be suspended indefinitely, grounding Norfolk for five years. In 1938, Norfolk Municipal Airport was established on the site of the former Truxton Manor Golf Course, featuring a 3,500-foot runway and a passenger terminal, which was completed in 1940. [6]
Bay Bridge Airport (FAA LID: W29) is a county-owned public-use airport located in Stevensville, Maryland. [2] The airport is named for the nearby Chesapeake Bay Bridge and is mostly used for general aviation. Bay Bridge Airport was home to Lynn Aviation, the personal company of famed aerobatic pilot Nancy Lynn.
The new Huntington-Ironton-Chesapeake Airport opened on August 31, 1929, with a 3,600 feet (1,097 m) east-west sod landing strip (current site of runway 8/26) and a north-south strip 2,500 feet (762 m) in length (partially still in use as the airfield's only taxiway). The opening fell on Labor Day weekend, and massive celebrations were planned.