Merlin Aerodrome
2VA3 · Amelia Court House, Virginia · Chesapeake County · map
Merlin Aerodrome is a private airport owned by Merlin Airport LLC, 5 miles east of Amelia Court House, Virginia, 270 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2VA3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Merlin Airport LLC
- Elevation
- 270 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,200 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
Aircraft registered in Amelia Court House from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Amelia Court House, Virginia: 8 piston singles, 5 gliders, 3 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR only, other airport owners/operators in vicinity made aware of left traffic, and clear 20:1 approach/departure path each runway.
- Amelia county.
- Glider operations - 123.30.
- Runway 14/32 threshold marked with cones.
- Runway side markings and dthr markings are white mats.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.