W78

William M Tuck Airport

FAA W7836.7100°N 78.8480°W420 ft / 128 mSmall airport
On the map

William M Tuck Airport (FAA: W78) is a small airport in South Boston, Virginia, United States. It opened in Sep 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,003 ft (1,220 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1949–1949
SEP 1949
OpenedWilliam M Tuck Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01/19357° / 177° · LIT
LENGTH4,003 ft1,220 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
06/24048° / 228°
LENGTH2,065 ft629 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,003 ft1,220 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=9,534of 29,823 · =3,743 North America · =3,127 USElevation420 ft128 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,589of 43,341 · =13,525 North America · =11,354 USAgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =2,337 North America · =2,277 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =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

3 channels
CNTRWASHINGTON CNTR124.050
RDOLEESBURG RDO110.400
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800