Airports / Virginia / WAL
Wallops Flight Facility Airport
KWAL / WALWallops Island, VirginiaELEV 40 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#17 / 36
Virginia airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 50 Google ratings — ranked against 36 rated VA fields.
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL / WAL) sits in Wallops Island, Virginia, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 40 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into WAL for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY, 24 nm), Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE, 27 nm), and Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (NHK, 49 nm).
Charter pricing from WAL depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Wallops Island.
Field capability
ICAO
KWAL
IATA
WAL
FAA / Local
WAL
Elevation
40 ft
Coordinates
37.9408° N · 75.4623° W
Airspace
D · DeltaClass D — DeltaA control tower runs the immediate airspace. Pilots establish two-way radio contact before entering — typical for busy business-aviation fields.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs VA fields
state range 10–3,793 ft
At 40 ft, WAL sits lower than 74% of the 38 Virginia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 24nmSBYSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSalisbury
- 27nmOCEOcean City Municipal AirportOcean City
- 49nmNHKPatuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)Patuxent River
- 67nmLFILangley Air Force BaseHampton
- 69nmPHFNewport News Williamsburg International AirportNewport News
- 69nmWWDCape May County AirportWildwood
Location
Open the full mapKWAL · Wallops Flight Facility Airport · Wallops Island, VA
From the ramp
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