Wakefield Municipal
AKQ · KAKQ · Wakefield, Virginia · Sussex County · map
Wakefield Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Wakefield, 2 miles northwest of Wakefield, Virginia, 111 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,337 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KAKQ · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAKQ 061954Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02000061
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AKQ · ICAO KAKQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Wakefield
- Elevation
- 111 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,337 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: threshold displaced 298 ft, trees 28 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 21: threshold displaced 471 ft, trees 62 ft high 1,154 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.9 | |
| Kohls and star | 118.9 | |
| Akq and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 757-684-3011.
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Aircraft registered in Wakefield from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Wakefield, VA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 24 hour self service fuel.
- Road +15' 70' from threshold crossing end.
- Road +15 feet 70 feet from runway end.
- Runway 03 markings cvrd with algae.
- Runway 21 markings cvrd with algae.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp, clnc slp to displaced thld 8:1.
- Clnc slp to displaced thld 22:1.
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.