KWAL — Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Island, VA · field elevation 40 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KWAL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KWAL 100254Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 08/05 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T00830050 50011 $
- Wind
- from 320° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 8 °C / dewpoint 5 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- -932 ft · pressure altitude -110 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 320° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 28 | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 04 | 1 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 22 | 1 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 10 | 2 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
| 17 | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KWAL — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KWAL — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.94019, -75.46639
- Elevation
- 40 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1137Z / 2154Z
- Tower hours
- OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
- Magnetic variation
- 11°W (2015)
- Fuel
- A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Accomack, VA
Airport diagram
Everything else KWAL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,748 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 10/28 | 8,005 | 200 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 17/35 | 4,808 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- Tower OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.
- 126.5
- Ground
- 127.875
- Clearance
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 126.5
- Approach
- 127.95
- Approach WHEN NHK APCH CLSD
- 127.2
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMFV Accomack County22 nm
- KSBY Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Rgnl24 nm
- KOXB Ocean City Muni27 nm
- KCGE Cambridge-Dorchester Rgnl45 nm
- KGED Delaware Coastal45 nm
- KNUI Webster Nolf47 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KWAL airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Virginia airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.