Potomac Airfield | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Copley Investments | ||||||||||
Serves | Washington DC metro area | ||||||||||
Location | Friendly CDP, Maryland | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 118 ft / 36 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°44′55″N 076°57′21″W / 38.74861°N 76.95583°W | ||||||||||
Website | Potomac-Airfield.com | ||||||||||
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Potomac Airfield (ICAO: KVKX, FAA LID: VKX), also known as Potomac Airport (ⓘ), 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 is located within the Washington, D.C. Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). In order to take off or land at the airport, pilots must apply for a regional security clearance through the airport's website, or the FAA.
Potomac Airfield covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha), and features one paved asphalt 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] [needs update]
The airfield appears in a season 3 episode of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman entitled "Mission Improbable".[citation needed]