WAL

Wallops Flight Facility Airport

ICAO KWAL37.9408°N 75.4623°W40 ft / 12 mSmall airport
On the map

Wallops Flight Facility Airport (IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL) is a small airport in Wallops Island, Virginia, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,748 ft (2,666 m).

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
JUL 1943
OpenedWallops Flight Facility Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
04/22032° / 212° · LIT
LENGTH8,748 ft2,666 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
10/28090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH8,005 ft2,440 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
17/35158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH4,808 ft1,466 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway8,748 ft2,666 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,970of 29,823 · #435 North America · #321 USElevation40 ft12 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,741of 43,341 · =18,002 North America · =14,850 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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

6 channels
A/DPATUXENT APP/DEP127.950
ASOSASOS119.175
CLDPATUXENT CLNC DEL121.700
CTAFCTAF126.500
INFOINFO SVC126.500
TWRTWR126.500