Virginia Tech Vertiport Heliport
8VA2 · Blacksburg, Virginia · Montgomery County · map
Virginia Tech Vertiport Heliport is a private heliport, 3 miles sse of Blacksburg, Virginia, 2,100 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8VA2
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2026
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (1 nm northwest), New River Valley Airport (14 nm west), Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (22 nm east), Twin County (33 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (1 nm northwest), New River Valley Airport (14 nm west), Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (22 nm east), Twin County (33 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Blacksburg from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Blacksburg, Virginia: 32 piston singles, 5 drones, 4 business jets, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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:
- Nrv Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Blacksburg, 2 miles away NRV Flyers is a member-owned flying club based in Blacksburg, Virginia, serving pilots in the New River Valley area including Blacksburg, Radford, and Floyd.
- Hokie Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Christiansburg, 3 miles away Hokie Flying Club is a flying club based at KBCB (Blacksburg, Virginia) that owns and operates aircraft for its members.
Repair stations in Blacksburg:
Companies in the same town as this heliport, 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Blacksburg 45 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 5 drones, 4 business jets
- Hot Seat Aviation 4 aircraft in town
- Precision AG LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Nrv Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Hokie Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Moog INC · repair station
- 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/8VA2.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.