Chesterfield County Airport


Chesterfield County Airport is a public airport located four miles southwest of the central business district of Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Chesterfield County. It is owned by Chesterfield County.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chesterfield County Airport is assigned FCI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Built in 1973, Chesterfield County Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 5,500 x 100 ft. The runway was completely resurfaced in 2007 and repainted in 2008 and is in excellent condition. Chesterfield County Airport is designated by the FAA as an official general aviation reliever airport for the busier . A modern terminal building with internet access, Wi-Fi, flight planning room, showers, vending machines, restaurant, and pilot quiet rooms is available.
is the fixed-base operator at this field. Fuel, flight training, and aircraft rental are available. Dominion is an FAA certified repair station.
Chesterfield County Airport is the homebase for the .
The airport is the second busiest in the Richmond, Virginia region. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 82,500 aircraft operations, an average of 226 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. There are 137 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single engine, 15% multi-engine, 7% jets and 3% helicopters.