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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

37.94020°N
-75.46640°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 1000.0%

Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL/WAL) is a small general aviation airport located in Wallops Island, VA, 78 mi north east of East Hampton. It features 3 runways with the longest being 8,749 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
7 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWAL 131454Z AUTO 35007KT 320V030 9SM CLR 29/20 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02890200 51009

Runways

3 installed

8,749 FT MAX
04/22
8,749 ft × 150
PEM● LITHIGH
10/28
8,005 ft × 200
ASP● LITHIGH
17/35
4,808 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

22
81% of ops
43 land · 0 TO
28
9% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
17
8% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
10
2% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
04
0% of ops
0 land · 4 TO
Runway 22 carries 81% of operations (43 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 9%.

Approach quality

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

22 43 landings
UA 2%
28 5 landings
UA 0%
17 4 landings
UA 0%
10 1 landings
UA 0%
04 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 43 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
1.4
flights/day · 43 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.0 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

15 · 35%
6 · 14%
4 · 9%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
Activity is led by (35% of 43 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 126.500 —
TWR 126.500 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
TWR 306.975 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
GND 127.875 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
GND 269.325 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
APCH 127.200 —
APCH 127.950 —
APCH 281.475 —
APCH 314.000 —
ASOS 119.175 —
CD/P 121.700 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
OTHER 121.700 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
LCL/P 126.500 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
LCL/P 306.975 OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
11° W
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