Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field
HEF · KHEF · Washington, District of Columbia · Prince William County · map
Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Manassas, 28 miles wsw of Washington, District of Columbia, 192 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16L/34R, is 6,200 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHEF · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 38°F (3°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 KHEF 062056Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/03 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01890033 56022 $
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 HEF · ICAO KHEF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Manassas
- Elevation
- 192 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 10:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16L/34R | 6,200 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 16R/34L | 3,715 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16L: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 55 ft high 1,822 ft from the end
- Runway 34R: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, trees 63 ft high 1,794 ft from the end
- Runway 16R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 64 ft high 1,782 ft from the end
- Runway 34L: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 849 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 133.1 | Manassas |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.175 | Manassas |
| Clearance delivery When hef tower closed | 120.2 | Manassas |
| Ground | 121.8 | Manassas |
| Approach and departure · Coatt and star · Departure procedure (GABBE) arriving from headings 091 to 240 | 128.525 | Manassas |
| Gibbz and star · Tikee and star | 120.45 | Manassas |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 | Manassas |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 703-361-6160.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Washington from the FAA register
362 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, District of Columbia: 132 helicopters, 116 piston singles, 59 turboprops, 20 drones, 12 business jets. 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 District of Columbia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 36 since 1982, 4 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
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16L; malsf runway 34R; runway end identifier lightss runway 16R and 34L; high-intensity runway lights runway 16L/34R, medium-intensity runway lights runway 16R/34L - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude - 1200 above sea level single engine and light twin aircraft; 1500 above sea level med twin and turboprop aircraft; 1000 above sea level helicopter.
- Terminal apn for transient and U.S. customs parking.
- Taxiway B safety area width 44 feet laterally east side from taxiway east to taxiway G.
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.