Manassas Regional Airport


Manassas Regional Airport is five miles southwest of the center of Manassas. Manassas Regional Airport is the largest regional airport in Virginia, and it is located from Washington, D.C.

History

An airport for Manassas was proposed in 1930, when the mayor was Harry P. Davis. It was built in 1931 on along Virginia Route 234, in the area now known as Manaport Shopping Center. Originally owned privately, the Town of Manassas bought the airport in 1945. Due to airport activity and nearby housing development, the airport moved to its current location in 1964. The new airport opened with a single paved runway. In 1992, the city purchased a control tower from Centennial Airport near Denver and reassembled it at Manassas Regional Airport. A new terminal was built in 1996.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of 192 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 16L/34R is 6,200 x 100 feet and 16R/34L is 3,704 x 100 feet.
In the year ending December 2011 the airport had 85,000 aircraft operations, average 236 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 401 aircraft were then based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 7% jet and 5% helicopter.