# William M Tuck Airport (W78)

**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).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw78

## At a glance

- FAA: W78
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: South Boston, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Sep 1949
- Elevation: 420 ft / 128 m
- Coordinates: 36.7100, -78.8480
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,003 ft / 1,220 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.halifaxcountyva.gov/index.asp?SEC=EADAD157-BB32-4B73-BAEC-BF56AE86BFF8&Type=B_DIR
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751899
- Weather station: KW78
- Ident: KW78

## Timeline

- Sep 1949: William M Tuck Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 4,003 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 357° / 177° | yes |
| 06/24 | 2,065 ft / 629 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass | 048° / 228° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,003 ft / 1,220 m | =9,537 of 29,858 | =3,744 in North America | =3,128 in US |
| Elevation | 420 ft / 128 m | =28,624 of 43,403 | =13,530 in North America | =11,358 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | WASHINGTON CNTR | 124.050 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 110.400 |
| 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/kw78/data