Accomack County
MFV · KMFV · Melfa, Virginia · Accomack County · map
Accomack County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Accomack, 1 mile west of Melfa, Virginia, 48 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 17 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,570 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMFV · observed 6:55 pm EDT (22:55 UTC), -3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 49°F (10°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMFV 062255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3012 RMK AO2 T00970070
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 MFV · ICAO KMFV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Accomack
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 74 ft high 2,570 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 94 ft high 1,747 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) When nhk approach closed | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.95 | |
| Mfv and aWOS-3 | 118.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 757-787-5660.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,570, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Melfa from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Melfa, Virginia: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- In operation prior 1959.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 preset low intst; incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runways 03 and 21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Subject to exclusive rights prohibition of section 308A (constructed by bpr).
- Pattern altitude light aircraft 850 feet, hvy aircraft 1500 feet.
- Aft hours aces to restrooms.
- SELF-SERVE fuel (100LL and a) available 24HRS.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.