KWAL — Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Island, VA · field elevation 40 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KWAL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KWAL 252354Z AUTO 34013G23KT 10SM OVC055 19/06 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01940056 10194 20172 57007 $
- Wind
- from 340° at 13 kt, gusting 23 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 5,500 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 6 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Density altitude
- 622 ft · pressure altitude 80 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 340° at 13 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 13 kt head | — |
| 04 | 8 kt head | 10 kt from the left |
| 28 | 4 kt head | 12 kt from the right |
| 10 | 4 kt tail | 12 kt from the left |
| 22 | 8 kt tail | 10 kt from the right |
| 17 | 13 kt tail | — |
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
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 16,000–16,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
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
-
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
- 1052Z / 2254Z
- 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.