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New London Airport

37.27180°N
-79.33590°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

New London Airport (KW90) is a small general aviation airport located in Forest, VA, 33 mi east of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 3,164 feet.

Current weather

From KLYH, 8 mi away (KW90 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
71°F
Wind
3 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLYH 121354Z 19003KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02170156

Runways

1 installed

3,164 FT MAX
17/35
3,164 ft × 40
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
69% of ops
60 land · 3 TO
17
31% of ops
27 land · 5 TO
Runway 35 carries 69% of operations (60 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 60 landings
UA 5%
17 27 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 35 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 60 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.6
flights/day · 107 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.4 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (66% of 103 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 135.000 —
APCH 254.325 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
842 ft
Mag var:
9° W

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Fliegen101
4/16/2014
Great airport
Really nice folk and all general aviation. Good place to keep an airplane. Good maintenance.
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