Airport type Public Website www.VTBCB.com 4,539 1,383 Phone +1 540-231-4444 | Elevation AMSL 2,132 ft / 650 m 12/30 4,539 Code BCB Serves Blacksburg | |
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Owner Virginia Tech Montgomery Regional Airport Authority Address 1601 Tech Center Dr, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA Similar Virginia Polytechnic Institute a, The Inn at Virginia Tech and, Hilton Garden Inn Blacksburg, Home Ride of Virginia Inc, Courtyard by Marriott Blacksburg | ||
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Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (IATA: BCB, ICAO: KBCB, FAA LID: BCB) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Blacksburg, a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.
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Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport covers an area of 248 acres (100 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway, designated 12/30 and measuring 4,539 x 100 ft (1,383 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military. BCB is an IFR airport with GPS approaches to both runways, a LOC/DME approach to runway 12, a non-precision NDB approach, and an automated weather observing system (AWOS-3).
The airport officially opened in 1931 as VPI Airport (using the former initials of the university). University cadets trained to fly there during World War II. A new terminal building was completed in 1996, and the airport took its current name in 2002.