# Smith Mountain Lake Airport (W91)

**Smith Mountain Lake Airport** (FAA: W91) is a small airport in Moneta, Virginia, United States. It opened in Mar 1962. It has one runway, 3,058 ft (932 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw91

## At a glance

- FAA: W91
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Moneta, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Mar 1962
- Elevation: 892 ft / 272 m
- Coordinates: 37.1077, -79.5925
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,058 ft / 932 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Mountain_Lake_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10844986
- Weather station: KROA · WMO 72411
- Ident: KW91

## Timeline

- Mar 1962: Smith Mountain Lake Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,058 ft / 932 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

- 05/23 slopes 1.2%: threshold 05 at 855 ft / 261 m, threshold 23 at 892 ft / 272 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,058 ft / 932 m | =15,601 of 29,858 | =6,311 in North America | =5,328 in US |
| Elevation | 892 ft / 272 m | =19,607 of 43,403 | =8,952 in North America | =7,281 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 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 | ROANOKE APP/DEP | 135.000 |
| 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/kw91/data