Buffalo Ridge Airport
8VG4 · Amherst, Virginia · Amherst County · map
Buffalo Ridge Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Amherst, Virginia, 660 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 1,700 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8VG4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 660 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2018
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,700 × 50 ft | Grass | |
| 10/28 | 1,200 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Amherst from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Amherst, Virginia: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
- Exer ctn when entering landing pattern. Occasional aero towing of hang gliders to 2000+ feet in the vicinity of airport. Ldgng glds have right of way. Frequency flight training exercicses in pattern in WT shift control land vehicles (trikes).
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.