Airports / KXSA / Tappahannock-Essex County AirportModerate ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport satellite view
📍 Tappahannock⬆ 135 ft1 runways
KXSA ·

Tappahannock-Essex County Airport

37.85960°N
-76.89410°W
ARR / DAY
3
200.0%
DEP / DAY
2
60.0%

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 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KRIC, 34 mi away (KXSA does not publish METAR)

44m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
5 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRIC 121554Z 01005KT 8SM FEW012 FEW100 SCT250 28/20 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02830200

Runways

1 installed

4,300 FT MAX
10/28
4,300 ft × 75
ASPH-E○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

10
85% of ops
117 land · 14 TO
28
15% of ops
21 land · 58 TO
Runway 10 carries 85% of operations (117 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

10 117 landings
UA 0%
28 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
4.2
flights/day · 125 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.9 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 115 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
david
5/21/2008
New airport
This is a newly-built airport which opened in 2007, to replace nearby Tappahannock Municipal Airport (W79).
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:38 UTC