Hawkins County Airport

Hawkins County Airport (ICAO: KRVN, FAA LID: RVN) is a county-owned public-use airport in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It is located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northeast of the central business district of Rogersville, Tennessee in the city of Surgoinsville, Tennessee.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Hawkins County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHawkins County
ServesHawkins County, Tennessee
LocationSurgoinsville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL1,255 ft / 383 m
Coordinates36°27′27″N 082°53′06″W
Map
RVN
Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 3,502 1,067 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations12,616
Based aircraft31

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RVN by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned RVN to Rovaniemi Airport in Finland).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Hawkins County Airport covers an area of 56 acres (23 ha) at an elevation of 1,255 feet (383 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,502 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 22, 2009, the airport had 12,616 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 93.5% single-engine, 3.2% multi-engine, and 3.2% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for RVN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Hawkins County Airport (ICAO: KRVN, FAA: RVN)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  4. "Rovaniemi Airport, Finland (IATA: RVN, ICAO: EFRO)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
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