Tangier Island Airport

Tangier Island Airport

Planes at the airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KTGI – LID: TGI
Summary
Owner Town of Tangier
Serves Tangier Island
Elevation AMSL 5 ft / 2 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2-20 2,426 739 ... etc.
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
... etc.
Statistics
... etc.

Tangier Island Airport (ICAO: KTGI) is an airport located on Tangier Island in the lower Chesapeake Bay. It is located in the state of Virginia.

[1] The airport conducts an average of 83 movements a month.

History

Tangier Island was purchased with two overcoats in 1666. In 1969 land was dedicated for a runway. A medical clinic on the island is named after Dr. David Nichols who flew in to perform medical care from 1979 to 2010.[2]


References

  1. ↑ "KTGI". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Lane Wallace. "In search of the $100 crab cake". Sport Aviation: 20.


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