Potomac Airfield


Potomac Airfield (ICAO: KVKX, FAA LID: VKX), also known as Potomac Airport (), a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it has a Fort Washington postal address.[3][4] It is a general aviation airport, and there is no scheduled airline service available.

Potomac Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCopley Investments
ServesWashington DC metro area
LocationFriendly CDP, Maryland
Elevation AMSL118 ft / 36 m
Coordinates38°44′55″N 076°57′21″W
WebsitePotomac-Airfield.com
Map
VKX
Location of airport in Maryland
VKX
VKX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 2,665 812 Asphalt
Statistics
Based aircraft91
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Potomac Airfield is located within the Washington, D.C. Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). In order to take off or land at the airport, pilots must apply for a regional security clearance through the airport's website, or the FAA.

Facilities and aircraft

Potomac Airfield covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha), and features one paved asphalt runway (6/24) measuring 2,665 x 40 ft (812 x 12 m). In the year ending September 14, 2023, there were 12,054 operations, average 33 per day. There were at that time 94 aircraft based at this airport: 91 single engine and 3 multi-engine.[1]

The airfield appears in a season 3 episode of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman entitled "Mission Improbable".

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VKX PDF, effective April 18, 2024.
  2. Potomac Airfield (official site)
  3. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Friendly CDP, MD." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. Previously Friendly had a different shape: "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: FRIENDLY CDP." In the 1990 U.S. Census Bureau maps of Prince George's County, Maryland (index map) Friendly CDP is on pages 27, 28, and 33.
  4. "3rd%20class%20medical%20-%20final%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf." Potomac Airfield. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. "10300 Glen Way * Fort Washington * MD "
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