# Slate River Airpark (8VA1)

**Slate River Airpark** (FAA: 8VA1) is a small airport in Buckingham, Virginia, United States. It opened in Jun 2017. It has one runway, 4,600 ft (1,402 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0645

## At a glance

- FAA: 8VA1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Buckingham, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Jun 2017
- Elevation: 470 ft / 143 m
- Coordinates: 37.5443, -78.5868
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,600 ft / 1,402 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61725298
- Weather station: KFVX
- Ident: US-0645

## Timeline

- Jun 2017: Slate River Airpark opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | =7,734 of 29,858 | =2,945 in North America | =2,426 in US |
| Elevation | 470 ft / 143 m | =27,657 of 43,403 | =13,143 in North America | =11,004 in US |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | =10,785 in North America | =10,647 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [23VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/23va.md) Wheatland Airport · 2.0 mi / 3.3 km
- [VG32](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vg32.md) Eastview Airport · 4.9 mi / 7.9 km
- [4VA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4va0.md) Wood Farm Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
- [8VA4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8va4.md) Lotus International Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [VG44](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12905.md) Frontier Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [KFVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfvx.md) Farmville Regional Airport · 15 mi / 25 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/us-0645/data