Airport type Public 5/23 4,743 Code BLF Phone +1 304-327-8440 | Elevation AMSL 2,857 ft / 871 m 4,743 1,446 Elevation 871 m | |
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Mercer County Airport (IATA: BLF, ICAO: KBLF, FAA LID: BLF) is in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Owned by the Mercer County Airport Authority, it is three miles northeast of Bluefield, West Virginia and about nine miles southwest of Princeton, West Virginia. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
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The airport has been served by scheduled airlines. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until August 1, 2006, when it ended due to federal law not allowing a subsidy over $200 per passenger for communities within 210 miles of a large or medium hub airport (Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North Carolina being 173 miles away). Federal Aviation Administration records say Mercer County Airport had 2,041 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004, 1,885 enplanments in 2005, 1,833 in 2006, and 1,721 in 2007. Scheduled passenger flights ended in 2007.
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Mercer County Airport covers 144 acres (58 ha) at an elevation of 2,857 feet (871 m0. Its one runway, 5/23, is 4,743 by 100 feet (1,446 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending October 30, 2009 the airport had 16,400 aircraft operations, average 44 per day: 88% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and 1% military. There were then 22 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 9% jet, 14% helicopter, and 5% ultralight.