# Bear River Field (VG54)

**Bear River Field** (FAA: VG54) is a small airport in McGaheysville, Virginia, United States. It opened in Aug 2022. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vg54

## At a glance

- FAA: VG54
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: McGaheysville, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Aug 2022
- Elevation: 1,050 ft / 320 m
- Coordinates: 38.3191, -78.7638
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Weather station: KSHD
- Ident: VG54

## Timeline

- Aug 2022: Bear River Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 90 ft / 27 m | Grass | 060° / 240° |  |

## 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 | 1,050 ft / 320 m | =16,869 of 43,403 | =7,464 in North America | =5,938 in US |
| Age | Opened 2022 | =14,253 of 15,079 | =11,429 in North America | =11,289 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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)
- [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/vg54/data