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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

37.94020°N
-75.46640°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 90.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
10 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWAL 270654Z AUTO 31010KT 8SM -RA FEW043 OVC065 14/13 A2970 RMK AO2 RAB10 SLP055 P0001 T01440133 $

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
69% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
17
10% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
28
10% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
04
7% of ops
2 land · 1 TO
10
3% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 22 carries 69% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

22 20 landings
UA 0%
17 3 landings
UA 0%
28 3 landings
UA 0%
04 2 landings
UA 0%
10 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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
1.2
flights/day · 35 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 8pm · 12pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.6 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

10 · 29%
6 · 18%
5 · 15%
3 · 9%
2 · 6%
1 · 3%
Activity is led by (29% of 34 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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