Twin County
HLX · KHLX · Galax Hillsville, Virginia · Carroll County · map
Twin County is a public-use airport owned by Twin County Arpt Comsn, 7 miles northeast of Galax Hillsville, Virginia, 2,694 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,151 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HLX · ICAO KHLX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Twin County Arpt Comsn
- Elevation
- 2,694 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,151 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 41 ft high 985 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 54 ft high 1,237 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.0 | |
| Hlx and aWOS-3 | 118.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 276-728-5897.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Galax Hillsville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Galax Hillsville, VA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 1/19 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lightss runway 1 and 19; PAPI runway 1 and 19 operations continuously.
- Wkend attendance: coordinate drg rglr weekly bus hours.
- Aft hours terminal access available south side of building.
- Unatndd new YEAR'S day, easter, thanksgiving, and christmas.
- SELF-SVC fuel avlb 24 hours with credit card.
- Runway mrkg conditions vary between good and fair. Runway displacement mrkg incorrect.
- Runway 01 has 10-20 feet hill located 150 feet west of runway 01, beginning north of thld.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 01 10-20 feet hill located 150 feet west of runway 01 beginning north of thld.
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.