The Salmon Farm Airport
53VG · Painter, Virginia · Accomack County · map
The Salmon Farm Airport is a private airport, 2 miles southeast of Painter, Virginia, 41 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,900 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 53VG
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2011
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,900 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 03: road 1 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 50 ft high 150 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Painter from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Painter, Virginia: 6 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; enter into opnl loa between the Salmon Farm airport and the Accomack county airport (mfv).
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.