Warrenton/Fauquier Airport
HWY · KHWY · Warrenton, Virginia · Fauquier County · map
Warrenton/Fauquier Airport is a public-use airport owned by Fauquier County, 12 miles southeast of Warrenton, Virginia, 336 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHWY · observed 4:35 pm EDT (20:35 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 29°F (-2°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 KHWY 062035Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 19/M01 A3012 RMK AO2 T01921015
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 HWY · ICAO KHWY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fauquier County
- Elevation
- 336 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dark
- 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
- June 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 87 ft high 2,398 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 92 ft high 3,187 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | · Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure · Hyper and star · Prtzl and star arriving from headings 091 to 240 | 128.525 | |
| Hwy and aWOS-3PT | 120.350 | |
| Tikee and star | 120.45 | |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 540-788-4078.
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 Warrenton from the FAA register
62 aircraft are registered to owners in Warrenton, Virginia: 55 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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 Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 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
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Aerobatic activity adjacent to west side of runway 15/33.
- Aerobatic demo area within 2 NM south of airport 3500 feet and below; 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; may - oct.
- Runway 15 pref calm wind runway.
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.