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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

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Wallops Flight Facility Airport

KWAL / WAL

Wallops Island, VirginiaELEV 40 FT

Small airport4.5 · 50 on Google
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Google rating

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ratings on Google
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Field elevation

feet above sea level
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Nearest alternate

nm to SBY

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 · Delta

Size

Small

Scheduled svc

No

Elevation vs VA fields

state range 103,793 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.

KWAL · Wallops Flight Facility Airport · Wallops Island, VA

From the ramp

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