# Wemmering Airport (57VA)

**Wemmering Airport** (FAA: 57VA) is a small airport in Hillsville, Virginia, United States. It opened in Sep 2019. It has one runway, 1,000 ft (305 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1214

## At a glance

- FAA: 57VA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Hillsville, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Sep 2019
- Elevation: 2,951 ft / 900 m
- Coordinates: 36.7191, -80.5473
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,000 ft / 305 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74844405
- Weather station: KHLX
- Ident: US-1214

## Timeline

- Sep 2019: Wemmering Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,000 ft / 305 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,000 ft / 305 m | =29,382 of 29,858 | =15,154 in North America | =13,607 in US |
| Elevation | 2,951 ft / 900 m | =5,615 of 43,403 | =2,777 in North America | #2,139 in US |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | =11,044 in North America | =10,905 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [1VA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1va1.md) Micro Airport · 5.6 mi / 9.0 km
- [KHLX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khlx.md) Twin County Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [KMWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwk.md) Mount Airy Surry County Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [09VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/09va.md) Alum Ridge STOLport · 18 mi / 29 km

## 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/us-1214/data