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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)

17m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLYH 270754Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 19/19 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP105 T01940189

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
73% of ops
117 land · 0 TO
17
27% of ops
43 land · 3 TO
Runway 35 carries 73% of operations (117 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

35 117 landings
UA 6%
17 43 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 117 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
2.2
flights/day · 65 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 8pm · 2pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.9 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 65 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
04/16/2014
Great airport
Really nice folk and all general aviation. Good place to keep an airplane. Good maintenance.
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