# Falwell Airport (W24)

**Falwell Airport** (FAA: W24) is a small airport in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It opened in Apr 1948. It has one runway, 2,932 ft (894 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w24

## At a glance

- FAA: W24
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Apr 1948
- Elevation: 939 ft / 286 m
- Coordinates: 37.3779, -79.1222
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,932 ft / 894 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falwell_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5432839
- Weather station: KLYH · WMO 72410
- Ident: W24

## Timeline

- Apr 1948: Falwell Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,932 ft / 894 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 4.7%: threshold 28 at 802 ft / 244 m, threshold 10 at 938 ft / 286 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,932 ft / 894 m | #17,267 of 29,858 | #7,221 in North America | #6,097 in US |
| Elevation | 939 ft / 286 m | =18,765 of 43,403 | =8,490 in North America | =6,851 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [LYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klyh.md) Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · 5.6 mi / 9.0 km
- [VA13](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va13.md) Breezy Knoll Airport · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [VA24](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va24.md) Skovhus Airport · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [93VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93va.md) Timberdoodle Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [W90](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw90.md) New London Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [91VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/91va.md) Miller Airport · 16 mi / 26 km

## In collections

- [Steepest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/steepest-runways) #48

## 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/w24/data