Flying Circus Aerodrome
3VA3 · Warrenton, Virginia · Fauquier County · map
Flying Circus Aerodrome is a private airport owned by Flying Circus Airshows INC, 10 miles southeast of Warrenton, Virginia, 315 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 2,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3VA3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Flying Circus Airshows INC
- Elevation
- 315 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1972
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,500 × 150 ft | Grass | |
| 02/20 | 2,000 × 150 ft | Grass |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 20: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Warrenton/Fauquier Airport (2 nm north), Culpeper Regional (7 nm west), Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field (14 nm northeast), Washington Exec/Stafford Regional (15 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Warrenton/Fauquier Airport (2 nm north), Culpeper Regional (7 nm west), Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field (14 nm northeast), Washington Exec/Stafford Regional (15 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- This field for flying Circus aero inc; PRIVATE-AIRSHOW.
- Unmrkd/unlighted trees and power lines.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Warrenton from the FAA register
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Warrenton, Virginia: 56 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Midland Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Warrenton, 2 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Warrenton 63 aircraft · 56 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Wright Experience INC 4 aircraft in town
- Brown Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Adl Tracey LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Midland Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3VA3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.