Potomac Airfield


Potomac Airfield (ICAO: KVKX, FAA LID: VKX), also known as Potomac Airport (listenⓘ), a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it has a Fort Washington postal address.[3][4] It is a general aviation airport, and there is no scheduled airline service available.

Potomac Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCopley Investments
ServesWashington DC metro area
LocationFriendly CDP, Maryland
Elevation AMSL118 ft / 36 m
Coordinates38°44′55″N 076°57′21″W
WebsitePotomac-Airfield.com
Map
VKX is located in Maryland
VKX
VKX
Location of airport in Maryland
VKX is located in the United States
VKX
VKX
VKX (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 2,665 812 Asphalt
Statistics
Based aircraft91
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Potomac Airfield is located within the Washington, D.C. Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). Pilots must apply for a 'security clearance lite' through the website www.potomac-airfield.com Once cleared, Pilots have easy access to and from the airfield.

Facilities and aircraft

Potomac Airfield Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (6/24) measuring 2,665 x 40 ft (812 x 12 m). There are 91 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single engine and 3% multi-engine.[1]

Potomac offers outdoor tie-downs and covered hangars for small aircraft plus a 24/7 fuel-club program, aircraft maintenance, and services

There are multiple flight schools on the field offering basic to advanced flight and simulator training, aircraft rental and services.

Potomac Airfield website is https://www.potomac-airfield.com

The airfield appears in a season 3 episode of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman entitled "Mission Improbable". It is where the six FETCHers track down and eventually catch the spy which stole Ruff's prized collar.

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VKX PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. Potomac Airfield (official site)
  3. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Friendly CDP, MD." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. Previously Friendly had a different shape: "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: FRIENDLY CDP." In the 1990 U.S. Census Bureau maps of Prince George's County, Maryland (index map) Friendly CDP is on pages 27, 28, and 33.
  4. "3rd%20class%20medical%20-%20final%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf." Potomac Airfield. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. "10300 Glen Way * Fort Washington * MD "
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