KXSA Tappahannock/Essex County Airport
Tappahannock, VA · 5 miles S of TAPPAHANNOCK, VA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KXSA
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 135.2 ft
- Coordinates
- 37-51-34.5930N 076-53-38.8300W
- Lat / Long
- 37.8596092, -76.8941194
- Mag. variation
- 11W (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 08/2007
- ARTCC
- WASHINGTON CENTER
- FSS
- LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- XSA (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- NOV - FEB 0800-1800, MAR - OCT 0900-1900
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) ACTVT ROTG BCN - CTAF.
- Lights
- ACTVT PAPI RWY 10 & 28; MIRL RWY 10/28 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KXSA
Runways
Longest 4300 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 4300 x 75 ft. / 1311 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 12.5
Runway 10
- Heading
- 097 magnetic, 086 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 135.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 106 ft. trees, 2374 ft. from runway, 308 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear
Runway 28
- Heading
- 277 magnetic, 266 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 127.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. tree, 818 ft. from runway, 128 ft. right of centerline, 41:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3
- 125.775 (804-445-8724)
- Potomac Approach
- 126.4
- Potomac Departure
- 126.4
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Ownership
- Manager
- JIM EVANS 1450 AVIATION ROAD TAPPAHANNOCK, VA 22560 Phone 804-443-5885
- Manager phone
- 804-443-5885
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.