Tides Inn Seaplane Base
74VG · Irvington, Virginia · Lancaster County · map
Tides Inn Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 1 mile west of Irvington, Virginia, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 74VG
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2025
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03W/21W | 4,052 × 400 ft | Water |
- Runway 21W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, cargo handling, charter flights
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Middle Peninsula Regional (18 nm southwest), Tappahannock/Essex County (25 nm northwest), Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (28 nm southwest), Newport News/Williamsburg International (32 nm south).
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
- North takeoffs should be conducted only when nec. Back tax to the chnl mkrs outside the mouth of the creek.
- Use ctn. Look for kayakers. Be courteous and give way to all vsls. Do no overfly the point at the mouth of the creek.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Irvington from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Irvington, Virginia: 6 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
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
Charter operators and airlines based in Irvington:
- Coastal Sky Taxi LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, 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 seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Irvington 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- Coastal Sky Taxi LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- 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 5,971 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/74VG.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 29, 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.