Airports / Virginia / MFV
Accomack County Airport
KMFV / MFVMelfa, VirginiaELEV 47 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
43 nm
To the nearest alternate
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Melfa, Virginia, Accomack County Airport (KMFV / MFV) operates as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 47 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MFV has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY, 43 nm), Langley Air Force Base (LFI, 44 nm), and Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (PHF, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MFV vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Melfa Flight Strip. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MFV, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Staff & service
4/5 reviews“Service is really unsurpassed.”
Andrew Bilukha5★ on Google
FBO & ground handling
3/5 reviews“Fantastic place - great facility, cheap fuel.”
Andrew Bilukha5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
3/5 reviews“Fantastic place - great facility, cheap fuel.”
Andrew Bilukha5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Accomack County Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KMFV
IATA
MFV
FAA / Local
MFV
Elevation
47 ft
Coordinates
37.6469° N · 75.7611° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs VA fields
state range 10–3,793 ft
At 47 ft, MFV sits lower than 66% of the 38 Virginia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 43nmSBYSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSalisbury
- 44nmLFILangley Air Force BaseHampton
- 47nmPHFNewport News Williamsburg International AirportNewport News
- 49nmNHKPatuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)Patuxent River
- 49nmNGUNorfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)Norfolk
- 50nmORFNorfolk International AirportNorfolk
Location
Open the full mapKMFV · Accomack County Airport · Melfa, VA
From the ramp
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