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KW90 ·

New London Airport

37.27180°N
-79.33590°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

New London Airport (KW90) is a small general aviation airport located in Forest, VA, 33 mi east of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 3,164 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLYH, 8 mi away (KW90 does not publish METAR)

25m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLYH 030254Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02610206 50009

Runways

1 installed

3,164 FT MAX
17/35
3,164 ft × 40
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
72% of ops
87 land · 5 TO
17
28% of ops
33 land · 16 TO
Runway 35 carries 72% of operations (87 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 87 landings
UA 16%
17 33 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 35 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 87 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.7
flights/day · 111 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12am · 4pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.4 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (55% of 108 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 135.000
APCH 254.325
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
842 ft
Mag var:
9° W

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Fliegen101
04/16/2014
Great airport
Really nice folk and all general aviation. Good place to keep an airplane. Good maintenance.
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