Blackstone Army Airfield

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Coordinates: 37°04′26″N 077°57′09″W / 37.07389, -77.9525

Blackstone Army Airfield Allen C. Perkinson Airport
IATA: BKT – ICAO: KBKT – FAA: BKT
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Owner		U.S. Army & Town of Blackstone
Location		Fort Pickett / Blackstone, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		439 ft / 134 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	4,632	1,412	Concrete
1/19	4,032	1,229	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			3,482
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Blackstone Army Airfield (IATA: BKT, ICAO: KBKT, FAA LID: BKT), also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the United States Army and the Town of Blackstone.^[1]

The airfield is located at Fort Pickett and is a location for the Civil Air Patrol's National Flight Academy. It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940's.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 4/22 measuring 4,632 x 150 ft. (1,412 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 4,032 x 75 ft. (1,229 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 3,482 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 85% military and 15% general aviation.^[1]