Blackstone Army Airfield

Airport in Fort Barfoot / Blackstone, Virginia

Blackstone Army Airfield
Allen C. Perkinson Airport

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	4,632	1,412	Concrete
1/19	4,032	1,229	Concrete

Statistics (2006)

Aircraft operations	3,482

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Blackstone Army Airfield (IATA: BKT, ICAO: KBKT, FAA LID: BKT), also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the United States Army and the Town of Blackstone.^[1]

It is named for Allen C. Perkinson, a CAP Virginia Wing Commander in the 1940s.^[2]

History

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was used by Third Air Force as a group training airfield, and later by Air Technical Service Command.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 600 acres (240 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 4/22 measuring 4,632 x 150 ft (1,412 x 46 m) and 1/19 measuring 4,032 x 75 ft (1,229 x 23 m). Runway 4/22 can accommodate up to a C-17 airframe(weight capacity of runway is 595,000 lbs). Runway 1/19 accommodates only large UAS traffic. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 3,482 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 85% military and 15% general aviation.^[1]

Current tenants

Virginia Air National Guard
Fort Barfoot Composite Squadron VA-142, Civil Air Patrol

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for BKT PDF, effective 2007-12-20
^ National Flight Academy - Powered Virginia Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Blackstone Army Airfield at Fort Pickett web site
Blackstone AAF / A.C. Perkinson Airport at GlobalSecurity.org
Blackstone Army Air Field / Allen C. Perkinson Municipal Airport page from Virginia Airport Directory
FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 16, 2024
FAA Terminal Procedures for BKT, effective May 16, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BKT
- AirNav airport information for BKT
- ASN accident history for BKT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BKT

United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force in World War II

Units

Commands

Divisions

III Tactical Air Division

Wings

Groups

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