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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

37.94020°N
-75.46640°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 300.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
12 kts
80°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
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METAR KWAL 121554Z AUTO 08012G22KT 5SM HZ FEW018 26/22 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02610217 $

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
56% of ops
79 land · 0 TO
28
13% of ops
18 land · 11 TO
04
11% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
10
8% of ops
12 land · 8 TO
17
8% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
35
4% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
Runway 22 carries 56% of operations (79 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

22 79 landings
UA 0%
28 18 landings
UA 0%
04 16 landings
UA 0%
10 12 landings
UA 17%
17 11 landings
UA 0%
35 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 79 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
2.1
flights/day · 62 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.4 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

8 · 15%
7 · 13%
6 · 11%
6 · 11%
4 · 7%
3 · 6%
Activity is led by (15% of 54 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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