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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

37.94020°N
-75.46640°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

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 8,748 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

28m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
12 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWAL 241454Z AUTO 08012KT 9SM CLR 25/16 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP226 T02500161 51008

Runways

3 installed

8,748 FT MAX
04/22
8,748 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
73% of ops
74 land · 3 TO
28
18% of ops
18 land · 10 TO
17
6% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
10
3% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 22 carries 73% of operations (74 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

22 74 landings
UA 0%
28 18 landings
UA 0%
17 6 landings
UA 0%
10 3 landings
UA 100%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 74 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 · 41 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 11am · 5pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (0.9 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

7 · 18%
4 · 10%
4 · 10%
3 · 8%
3 · 8%
3 · 8%
Activity is led by (18% of 39 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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