Franklin Municipal–John Beverly Rose Airport

Franklin Municipal Airport

John Beverly Rose Field
Franklin Municipal Airport; John Beverly Rose Field
AMSL	41 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	36°41′53″N 076°54′14″W / 36.69806°N 76.90389°W
Website	[1]
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	5,012
Based aircraft	25
	Source: Airport website and FAA

Franklin Municipal–John Beverly Rose Airport,^[2]^[3]^[4] also known as Franklin Municipal Airport^[1]^[5]^[6] or John Beverly Rose Field^[5]^[7] (IATA: FKN, ICAO: KFKN, FAA LID: FKN) is a public airport in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Franklin and is located at 32470 John Beverly Rose Drive, two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the city's central business district.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Franklin Municipal Airport covers an area of 313 acres (127 ha) at an

mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a 4,977 x 100 ft (1,517 x 30 m) asphalt surface.^[2]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 5,012 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day: 70%

^ ^a ^b Franklin Municipal Airport Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine official page at City of Franklin website
^
PDF
, effective 2008-04-10
^ "AirNav: KFKN – Franklin Municipal–John Beverly Rose Airport". Retrieved 2008-05-17.
^ "Report to Congress 2005-2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Citizen's Guide (2005)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-05-17. from City of Franklin, Virginia
^ "Franklin Municipal – FKN" (PDF). from Virginia Department of Aviation
^ "2000 Comprehensive Plan Update: Transportation" (PDF). from County of Southampton, Virginia