Tazewell County
JFZ · KJFZ · Richlands, Virginia · Tazewell County · map
Tazewell County is a public-use airport owned by Tazewell CO Airport Authority, 2 miles south of Richlands, Virginia, 2,653 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,299 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,761 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KJFZ · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KJFZ 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A3010 RMK AO2 T01820066
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 JFZ · ICAO KJFZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tazewell CO Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 2,653 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,299 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 8 ft high 204 ft from the end
- Runway 25: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 17 ft high 227 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Jfz and aWOS-3 | 118.075 | |
| Glade Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 | |
| Apt Remark 4 With Gco Freq | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 276-596-9927.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,761, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Richlands from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Richlands, Virginia: 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 preset low intst. To increase intst and activate runway end identifier lights runways 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd new years, thanksgiving, and christmas.
- Brush 113 feet L of centerline and over embankment adjacent to runway.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 through ztl clearance delivery and dca radio - not working.
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.