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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

37.94020°N
-75.46640°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 57.1%
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 8,749 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

39m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
7 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWAL 012354Z 21007KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02670239 10333 20267 56009

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
63% of ops
26 land · 1 TO
28
17% of ops
7 land · 2 TO
17
10% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
04
5% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
10
5% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 22 carries 63% of operations (26 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

22 26 landings
UA 4%
28 7 landings
UA 0%
17 4 landings
UA 0%
04 2 landings
UA 0%
10 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 26 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
1.7
flights/day · 50 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 11pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.0 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

17 · 35%
9 · 19%
2 · 4%
2 · 4%
2 · 4%
2 · 4%
Activity is led by (35% of 48 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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