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KW90 ·

New London Airport

37.27180°N
-79.33590°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

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)

52m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLYH 162354Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/17 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP265 T02280167 10300 20228 55000

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
67% of ops
60 land · 3 TO
17
33% of ops
29 land · 6 TO
Runway 35 carries 67% of operations (60 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

35 60 landings
UA 10%
17 29 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 35 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (6 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
3.2
flights/day · 96 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 12am · 4pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.4 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 94 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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