# Providence Airport (05VA)

**Providence Airport** (FAA: 05VA) is a small airport in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It opened in Apr 1983. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/05va

## At a glance

- FAA: 05VA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Farmville, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Apr 1983
- Elevation: 445 ft / 136 m
- Coordinates: 37.2242, -78.4186
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61725375
- Weather station: KFVX
- Ident: 05VA

## Timeline

- Apr 1983: Providence Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 445 ft / 136 m | =28,173 of 43,403 | =13,351 in North America | =11,194 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [14VG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/14vg.md) Abilene Airport · 6.8 mi / 11 km
- [KFVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfvx.md) Farmville Regional Airport · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [VG36](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vg36.md) Keysville Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [VG01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vg01.md) Eureka Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [VA28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va28.md) Layne Farm Airstrip · 14 mi / 23 km
- [W81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw81.md) Crewe Municipal Airport · 18 mi / 29 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/05va/data