Potomac Airfield
VKX · KVKX · Friendly, Maryland · Prince Georges County · map
Potomac Airfield is a public-use airport in Friendly, Maryland, 118 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 2,665 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas). The receiver network heard 29 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days.
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What is the airport code for Potomac Airfield?
Its FAA code is VKX, and its ICAO code is KVKX.
Where is Potomac Airfield?
It is in Friendly, Maryland, 118 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Potomac Airfield?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 2,665 feet long, asphalt.
Does Potomac Airfield have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Potomac Airfield?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Potomac Airfield?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including FAA Flying Club INC and American Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Potomac Airfield?
17 pilot examiners and 45 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Potomac Airfield…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VKX · ICAO KVKX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 118 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,665 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 376 ft, trees 70 ft high 907 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 90 ft, trees 96 ft high 1,348 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks adzy and weather, 4 clicks radio check. |
| Approach and departure DC frz | 124.7 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) DC frz | 125.65 | |
| Tikee and star | 120.45 | |
| Irons and star | 126.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl Airport (7 nm northwest), South Capitol Street Heliport (8 nm north), Maryland Airport (11 nm southwest), College Park Airport (14 nm north).
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 Maryland · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959.
- Rotating beacon located 1000 feet north of airport.
- Unlimited vehicle access to aircraft movement areas.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 operates sunset to sunrise; to activate otr times and activate PAPI runway 06 and 24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks adzy and weather, 4 clicks radio check.
- Runway 06 has +60 feet trees 240 feet R at threshold.
- Basic markings plus field carrier landing practice (fclp) markings.
- Runway 06 PAPI centerline use only.
- Approach ratio 20:1 at centerline to displaced threshold.
- Approach slope 15:1 at centerline to displaced threshold.
- Visitors please tune 122.85 for parking instructions and gnd services.
- Noise abatement procedures: avoid takeoff 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year
No operations count is published for this airport. The busiest airports and the national picture: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Friendly from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Friendly, MD as the owner's town.
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:
- FAA Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Springfield, 12 miles away The FAA Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club based at the FAA William J.
- American Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Arlington, 12 miles away The FAA Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club based at the FAA William J.
- Flying Club One INC 1 aircraft · Springfield, 12 miles away
- Indian Head Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Indian Head, 12 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 17 for private pilot, 16 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 8 for sport pilot, 6 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 45 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jeffrey Richard Riemer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, VA (11 nm) · (703) 859-2807 · [email protected]
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Davidsonville, MD (19 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Manassas, VA (25 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · [email protected]
- Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manassas Regional AIrport · Manassas, VA (25 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · [email protected]
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (27 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · [email protected]
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (27 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · [email protected]
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (27 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · South Riding, VA (28 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
All 88 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- FAA Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- American Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Flying Club One INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VKX.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 October 30, 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.