📍 Tappahannock⬆ 135 ft1 runways
KXSA ·
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
37.85960°N
-76.89410°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲
54.5%
DEP / DAY
1
▲
0.0%
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport (KXSA) is a small general aviation airport located in Tappahannock, VA, 38 mi north east of Richmond. It features 1 runway measuring 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
83°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
10/28
4,300 ft × 75
ASPH-E○ unlitMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
10
75% of ops
39 land · 4 TO
28
25% of ops
13 land · 13 TO
Runway 10 carries 75% of operations (39 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 25%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
10
39 landings
UA 0%
28
13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 39 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
2.9
flights/day · 86 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 126.400 | — |
| APCH | 282.375 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 125.775 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZDC
- Mag var:
- 11° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand
DA
david
05/21/2008
This is a newly-built airport which opened in 2007, to replace nearby Tappahannock Municipal Airport (W79).
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