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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- gliders, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Airfield (15 nm south), Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County (17 nm east), Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County (19 nm southeast), Farmville Regional (27 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Crewe Municipal (14 nm southwest), Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Airfield (15 nm south), Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County (17 nm east), Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County (19 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Merlin Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · Amelia Court House, 7 miles away Merlin Soaring Association is a soaring club located at Merlin Aerodrome (2VA3) in Amelia, Virginia.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Amelia Court House 18 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 5 gliders, 3 drones
- Merlin Soaring Association INC 4 aircraft in town
- Firebird Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aerial Applicators LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Merlin Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 228 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2VA3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 6, 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.