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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 121 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 75,370 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KBVI · observed 3:47 pm EDT (19:47 UTC), 1411 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Weather: small hail, snow grains, snow grains
The forecast issued Sun 1:41 pm EDT (17:41 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 12 knots, gusting to 20, visibility 5 miles, light drizzle, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Sun 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility 4 miles, light drizzle, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Sun 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, overcast at 800 feet IFR
- From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBVI 101947Z MISGKT MISGSM MISG RMK AWOS UNA
TAF KBVI 111741Z 1118/1218 09012G20KT 5SM -DZ OVC007 FM112000 09007KT 4SM -DZ OVC007 FM120100 VRB03KT 6SM BR OVC008 FM121600 29004KT P6SM BKN015 AMD NOT SKED
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 26,000 ft.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent GL5 at 3,000 ft, 54 nm southeast, 2:50 pm EDT (18:50 UTC): a routine report.
- urgent E55 descending, 54 nm southeast, 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC): a routine report.
- C414 at 14,500 ft, 6 nm west, 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC): no icing.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (AGC, 33 nm southeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 38 kt; 6,000 ft: 190° at 13 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 10 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 12 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 200° at 21 kt, -8 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8587 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local over this airport · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 104 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 75,370, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 35,833 |
| general aviation, local | 39,537 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Zelienople Municipal (11 nm east), Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (17 nm northwest), Pittsburgh International (18 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 Pennsylvania · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Beaver Falls, by their names on the register:
- Beaver Valley Flying Club INC 3 aircraft Beaver Valley Flying Club is a flying club located in Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, at Beaver Valley Airport (KBVI).
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 22 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Beaver Falls, PA (0 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · chuck.sargent@yahoo.com
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Beaver County Airport · Beaver Falls, PA (0 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · stormy@beaver-air-group.com
- Martin Andrew Haski private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Haski Aviation, Inc. · New Castle, PA (15 nm) · (724) 651-0860 · martin@haski.com
- Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (18 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · michaelcahill44@icloud.com
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (38 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · smshimkus@comcast.net
- David Alan Ciraci private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Canton, OH (42 nm) · (330) 495-7275 · wings350dc@gmail.com
- Martha Anne Gabriel Crum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Akron Fulton Airport, KAKR · Akron, OH (49 nm) · (585) 727-0215 · mapickard09@gmail.com
All 41 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Beaver Falls 45 aircraft · 40 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Moore Aviation INC 16 aircraft in town
- Air Heritage INC 8 aircraft in town
- Skymook Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Beaver Valley Flying Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Beaver Valley Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 238 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,176 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BVI.json.
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 9, 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.