0VA9
Handy Strip
Handy Strip (0VA9) is a general-aviation airfield serving Gloucester Court House, Virginia. The field lies at 8 ft (2 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 1,000 ft (305 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Foster Field (5VG2), 4 nm E.
Handy Strip is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 8 ft (2 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.4474, -76.4538
- Serving
- Gloucester Court House
- Region
- Virginia
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways1 · longest 1,000 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 02 points 20° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 1,000 ft305 m | 30 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.