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Business aviation in Virginia

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
26

Based business aircraft available for charter:
86

Business air charter brokers:
9

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	10
2	Bell 206B JetRanger	9
3	Bell 206L LongRanger	4
4	Citation 550/551	3
5	Cessna Caravan	3
6	Beechcraft Twin Piston	3
7	Hawker 750/800/900	3
8	Citation Sovereign	3
9	Pilatus PC-12	3
10	Beechcraft King Air 300	3
11	Challenger 605	2
12	Challenger 300	2
13	MDH 500	2
14	Bell 204/205	2
15	Airbus Helicopters H215/H225/AS332	2
16	Gulfstream G280	2
17	Beechcraft King Air 200	2
18	Learjet 45	2
19	Gulfstream G400/G450	2
20	Citation 560XL	2
21	TBM700/850/900	2
22	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
23	Gulfstream GIV	1
24	Learjet 70/75	1
25	Beechcraft King Air 90	1
26	Cirrus Vision	1
27	Citation 560	1
28	Embraer Phenom 300	1
29	Bell 412	1
30	Tecnam P2006T	1
31	Piper twin piston	1
32	Cessna 400 series	1
33	Sikorsky S-92	1
34	Embraer Phenom 100	1
35	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	1
36	Falcon 2000 EASy	1
37	Learjet 40	1
38	Beechjet 400	1
39	Falcon 900EASy	1
40	Cessna Citation CJ3	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Manassas (Harry P Davis Field)	17 business aviation companies active
2	Richmond International	11
3	Leesburg Executive	11
4	Norfolk (Hampton Roads Executive)	8
5	Winchester Regional	7
6	Charlottesville (Albemarle)	6
7	Lynchburg Regional Preston Glenn Field	5
8	Tappahannock-Essex County	4
9	Suffolk Executive	4
10	Richmond/Ashland (Hanover County Municipal)	4
11	Norfolk (Chesapeake Regional)	4
12	Roanoke (Woodrum Field)	4
13	Stafford Regional	4
14	Richmond (Chesterfield County)	4
15	Norfolk International	4
16	Warrenton	3
17	Culpeper Regional	3
18	Newport News Williamsburg	3
19	Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg (Shenandoah Valley Regional)	2
20	Petersburg (Dinwiddie County)	2
21	Martinsville (Blue Ridge)	2
22	Marion/Wytheville (Mountain Empire)	2
23	Melfa (Accomack County)	2
24	Wise (Lonesome Pine)	2
25	Hot Springs (Ingalls Field)	2
26	West Point (Middle Peninsula Regional)	2
27	Franklin Municipal-John Beverly Rose	2
28	Danville Regional	2
29	South Hill (Mecklenburg Brunswick Regional)	2
30	Dublin (New River Valley)	2
31	Bristol (Sullins Heliport)	1
32	Bridgewater Air Park	1
33	Fort Eustis Felker Army Air Field	1
34	Blackstone (Allen C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Airfield)	1
35	Wallops Island (Wallops Flight Facility)	0
36	Quinton New Kent County	0
37	Williamsburg Camp Peary Landing Strip	0
38	Moneta Smith Mountain Lake	0
39	Forest New London	0
40	Crewe Municipal	0
41	South Boston William M Tuck	0
42	Clarksville (Lake Country Regional)	0
43	Luray Caverns	0
44	Kenbridge Lunenburg County	0
45	Abingdon Virginia Highlands	0
46	Tangier Island	0
47	Orange County	0
48	Quantico MCAF /Turner field	0
49	Virginia Beach Oceana NAS	0
50	Norfolk Ns (Chambers Fld)	0
51	Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
52	Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center	0
53	Lawrenceville Brunswick Municipal	0
54	Louisa County Airport/Freeman Field	0
55	Hampton Langley Air Force Base	0
56	Williamsburg Jamestown	0
57	Richlands Tazewell County	0
58	Galax Hillsville Twin County	0
59	Farmville Regional	0
60	Front Royal Warren County	0
61	Fredericksburg Shannon	0
62	Emporia Greensville Regional	0
63	Fort Belvoir Davison Army Air Field	0
64	Chase City Municipal	0
65	Blacksburg (Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive)	0
66	Fort A. P. Hill A P Hill Aaf (Fort A P Hill)	0
67	Wakefield Municipal	0
68	New Market	0
69	Jonesville (Lee County)	0
70	Brookneal/Campbell County	0

Business aviation suppliers in Virginia

Maintenance 16 • Completions 1

In addition to the grass operations, the test campaign included acoustic data collection to validate the low-acoustic capabilities of the eSTOL technologies. (Photo: J. Langford).

Electra showcases eSTOL capabilities on grass

The aircraft flew a series of take offs and landings from a grass area and demonstrated the maximum performance climb-out of 32 degrees to be used in military missions. It required no charging infrastructure.

July 22, 2024 Full report

Avcon Jet will equip its fleet with the advanced SD antenna systems.

Avcon Jet commits to SD Plane Simple fuselage mount ESA terminal

With Avcon Jet, SD can demonstrate the advantages of working with the multi-faceted Plane Simple portfolio of antenna systems to fulfil the demand for high-speed connectivity across a broad portfolio of airframes.

June 3, 2024 Full report

During the flight test campaign, the longest flight lasted 1 hour 43 minutes and the EL-2 Goldfinch reached an altitude of 6,500ft.

Piloted Electra test flights achieve first ultra-short eSTOL

The eSTOL test aircraft took off in less than 170ft and landed in under 114ft ground roll, demonstrating the STOL capability to operate from spaces shorter than 300ft.

May 30, 2024 Full report

Reauthorisation strengthens and advances the FAA

NBAA, NATA, GAMA and VAI applaud the final passage through Congress of comprehensive legislation addressing business aviation issues. Next step, the President's signature.

May 20, 2024 Full report

APS to focus on advancing pilot safety at BASS 2024

While at the show, APS aims to show how it has made it easy for pilots to evaluate their LOCI-I risk, and to determine the best way to mitigate that risk and turn it into operational excellence.

April 16, 2024 Full report