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Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport is a public airport named for nearby Virginia Tech and located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Blacksburg, a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.
Facilities and aircraft
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport covers an area of 248 acre and contains one asphalt paved runway, designated 13/31 and measuring 5500 x 100 ft (1,700 x 30 m). For the period ending August 1, 2020, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military. BCB is an instrument flight rules airport with GPS approaches to both runways, a LOC/DME approach to runway 12, a non-precision NDB approach, and an automated weather observing system (AWOS-3). The airport officially opened in 1931 as VPI Airport (Virginia Tech was previously abbreviated VPI). University cadets trained to fly there during World War II. A new terminal building was completed in 1996, and the airport took its current name in 2002.
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