Who owns the airport?

You do! VJI is a county airport governed by Washington County, Virginia. The capital funding of the airport is provided by federal (90%), state (8%), and local (2%) taxes. The airport is currently valued at about $11M. Some of the maintenance is supported by the state (about 50%). The annual operations budget is about $900,000 supported mostly from revenues with an annual assist from the county.

Who runs the airport?

The operations and maintenance of VJI are the responsibility of the managers and their able staffs. The governing policies are set by the Board of Directors consisting of 7 members, one from each voting district of the county, appointed by the County Supervisor from each district.

What benefit is the airport to the public?

The US Forest Service has an aerial fire fighting unit based at the airport
The VA State Police have a reconnaissance plane and a medivac helicopter with a nurse on site in their hangar.
Just-in-time parts and inventories and critical medicines and vaccines are shipped air freight.
Charter passenger and air taxi services and flight instruction are available for the public.
Recreational flying is accommodated.
Bank Drafts are flown to the clearing house daily.
Government and business executives fly in and out almost daily.
The County and State receive property and sales tax revenues from aircraft owners.

Who plans the airport?

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in conjunction with the Virginia Highlands Airport Authority, develops the Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and the manager writes, in conjunction with an engineering firm employed by the Airport Authority, the grant requests for the separate Airport Improvement Program (AIP's) projects that develop the plan.