Springwood Airstrip
08VA · Buchanan, Virginia · Botetourt County · map
Springwood Airstrip is a private gliderport, 5 miles northwest of Buchanan, Virginia, 1,026 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 08VA
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,026 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,200 × 50 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Buchanan from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Buchanan, Virginia: 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airspace determination pending.
- Departure will be on runway 09; approach and landing on runway 27.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.