# Hickory Tree Farms Airport (VA79)

**Hickory Tree Farms Airport** (FAA: VA79) is a small airport in The Plains, Virginia, United States. It opened in Sep 1962. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/va79

## At a glance

- FAA: VA79
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: The Plains, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Sep 1962
- Elevation: 544 ft / 166 m
- Coordinates: 38.9529, -77.7469
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746796
- Weather station: KJYO
- Ident: VA79

## Timeline

- Sep 1962: Hickory Tree Farms Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N/S | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 544 ft / 166 m | =26,359 of 43,403 | =12,641 in North America | =10,554 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [2VG2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2vg2.md) Upperville Airport · 6.7 mi / 11 km
- [3VA5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3va5.md) Goose Hunt Farm Airport · 8.4 mi / 14 km
- [3VA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3va1.md) The Meadows Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [KJYO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjyo.md) Leesburg Executive Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [3VA0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3va0.md) Ayres-Aicp Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [01VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/01va.md) Pickles Airport · 15 mi / 25 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/va79/data