📍 Tappahannock⬆ 135 ft1 runways
KXSA ·
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
37.85960°N
-76.89410°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
23.1%
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport (KXSA) is a small general aviation airport located in Tappahannock, VA, 38 mi north east of Richmond. It features 1 runway measuring 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
75°F
Wind
—
—
Visib
—
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
10/28
4,300 ft × 75
ASPH-E○ unlitMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
10
87% of ops
82 land · 10 TO
28
13% of ops
12 land · 37 TO
Runway 10 carries 87% of operations (82 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 13%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
10
82 landings
UA 0%
28
12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 82 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
3.8
flights/day · 115 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 126.400 | — |
| APCH | 282.375 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 125.775 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZDC
- Mag var:
- 11° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
DA
david
5/21/2008
This is a newly-built airport which opened in 2007, to replace nearby Tappahannock Municipal Airport (W79).
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