Beaver County
BVI · KBVI · Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania · Beaver County · map
Beaver County is a public-use airport owned by Beaver County Airport Authority, 3 miles northwest of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1,253 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBVI · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet, scattered clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBVI 062115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/03 A3010 RMK AO2 T01760028
TAF KBVI 061720Z 0618/0718 16003KT P6SM FEW250 FM071500 20011KT P6SM FEW050 SCT150
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BVI · ICAO KBVI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Beaver County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,253 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:30 am to 7:30 pm mon-fri; closed sat-sun.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1954
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 1,759 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 18 ft high 622 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.3 | Beaver County |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Bvi and aWOS-3PT | 118.35 | Beaver County |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.85 | Beaver County |
| Ground | 121.8 | Beaver County |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace | 124.75 | Beaver County |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 724-843-1024.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Beaver Falls from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: 40 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- (E94) sawrs.
- ATCT-CTL. when the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 and taxiway lights oper low intst. Incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 10 and 28 oper continuous.
- Runway 28: 20 feet trees, 13 feet from runway end, 195 feet left.
- Runway 28 runway end identifier lightss out of service indefinitely.
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.