ROA

Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport

ICAO KROA37.3255°N 79.9754°W1,175 ft / 358 mMedium airport
On the map

Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (IATA: ROA, ICAO: KROA) is a medium airport in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It opened in May 1930. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,800 ft (2,073 m). In 2025 it handled 834 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1930–1930
MAY 1930
OpenedRoanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Signature Flight Support
06/24050° / 230° · LIT
LENGTH6,800 ft2,073 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
16/34148° / 328° · LIT
LENGTH5,810 ft1,771 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
623K
599K
608K
619K
660K
722K
291K
485K
600K
692K
764K
834K
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Routes

10 destinations · 1 country
Year-round10
CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle250 km155 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express285 km177 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle499 km310 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines575 km357 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · American Eagle652 km405 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle853 km530 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air958 km595 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,077 km669 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,130 km702 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,626 km1,010 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ROA. From the Wikipedia article “Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

4 airlines · destinations from ROA
Passenger4
—American Eagle5G4Allegiant Air3UAUnited Express2DLDelta Air Lines1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from ROA. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers834K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#901of 3,974 · #216 North America · #152 USLongest runway6,800 ft2,073 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,685of 29,858 · =906 North America · =690 USElevation1,175 ft358 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#15,348of 43,403 · #6,679 North America · #5,244 USAgeOpened 19302026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=406of 15,079 · =96 North America · =88 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=715of 29,978 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.150
ATISATIS134.950
CLDCLNC DEL119.700
GNDGND121.900
RDOLEESBURG RDO122.200
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950