Blackstone Army Airfield

Blackstone Army Airfield
Allen C. Perkinson Airport
Blackstone Army Airfield; Allen C. Perkinson Airport
	IATA: BKT; ICAO: KBKT; FAA LID: BKT;
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner	U.S. Army & Town of Blackstone
Location	Fort Barfoot / Blackstone, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	439 ft / 134 m
Coordinates	37°04′26″N 077°57′09″W / 37.07389°N 77.95250°W
Map
	Blackstone Army Airfield; Allen C. Perkinson Airport
Runways
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	3,482
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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]

It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s.^[2]

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used by Third Air Force as a group training airfield, and later by Air Technical Service Command.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 600 acres (240 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). Runway 4/22 can accommodate up to a C-17 airframe(weight capacity of runway is 595,000 lbs). Runway 1/19 accommodates only large UAS traffic. 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]