# Virginia Highlands Airport (VJI / KVJI)

**Virginia Highlands Airport** (IATA: VJI, ICAO: KVJI) is a small airport in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. It opened in Aug 1986. It has one runway, 5,500 ft (1,676 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvji

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VJI / KVJI
- FAA: VJI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Abingdon, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Aug 1986
- Elevation: 2,088 ft / 636 m
- Coordinates: 36.6871, -82.0333
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.vahighlandsairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Highlands_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7934312
- Weather station: KVJI
- Ident: KVJI

## Timeline

- Aug 1986: Virginia Highlands Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 056° / 236° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 2,088 ft / 636 m | #8,493 of 43,403 | #3,907 in North America | #2,968 in US |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | =6,833 in North America | =6,722 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | TRI CITY APP/DEP | 128.670 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 128.125 |
| FSS | NASHVILLE RDO | 114.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvji/data