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Tappahannock-Essex County Airport

37.85960°N
-76.89410°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
88.9%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KXSA 251315Z AUTO BKN027 BKN035 OVC100 20/17 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T01990166 PWINO

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
81% of ops
110 land · 8 TO
28
19% of ops
26 land · 32 TO
Runway 10 carries 81% of operations (110 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

10 110 landings
UA 0%
28 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 110 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 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.8 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 79 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
david
05/21/2008
New airport
This is a newly-built airport which opened in 2007, to replace nearby Tappahannock Municipal Airport (W79).
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