Front Royal-Warren County
FRR · KFRR · Front Royal, Virginia · Warren County · map
Front Royal-Warren County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Warren, 3 miles west of Front Royal, Virginia, 704 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,008 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 49 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,334 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFRR · observed 11:35 am EDT (15:35 UTC), 49 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 5 miles
- Sky: overcast at 400 feet
- Weather: rain
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 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 KFRR 111535Z AUTO 02004KT 5SM RA OVC004 15/15 A3006 RMK AO2 P0010 T01450145
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
5 warnings in force over this field:
- SIGMET E83E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 36,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 20 knots, until 1:55 pm EDT (17:55 UTC).
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br fg).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20kts or more below 2000 ft agl).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mtn wave) up to 8,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mtns obsc by clds pcpn br fg).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent E55P at 600 ft, 89 nm east, 9:29 am EDT (13:29 UTC): overcast above 600 ft.
- urgent C82R at 6,000 ft, 90 nm northwest, 9:30 am EDT (13:30 UTC): light turbulence, imc.
- EC35 at 2,000 ft, 34 nm east, 11:01 am EDT (15:01 UTC): scattered clouds above 500 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (EKN, 75 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 200° at 39 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 230° at 27 kt, 10 °C; 12,000 ft: 210° at 31 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 210° at 35 kt, -9 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 39 nm east · a VIP movement
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 44 nm east · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FRR · ICAO KFRR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Warren
- Elevation
- 704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,008 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: panels on the right, road 24 ft high 350 ft from the end
- Runway 28: panels on the left, pole 42 ft high 1,382 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure · Hyper and star · Prtzl and star arriving from headings 241 to 330 | 120.45 | |
| Frr and aWOS-3 | 121.85 | |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-635-5377.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 22 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,334, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 612 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,632 |
| general aviation, local | 7,632 |
| military | 458 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Front Royal from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Front Royal, Virginia: 15 piston singles, 7 balloons, 5 gliders, 1 helicopter. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aerial surveying, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Winchester Regional (14 nm north), Luray Caverns Airport (19 nm southwest), Culpeper Regional (30 nm southeast), Warrenton/Fauquier Airport (32 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Front Royal, by their names on the register:
- Skyline Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft Skyline Soaring Club is a volunteer flying club based at Front Royal-Warren County Airport in Virginia that provides flight training and education in soaring (glider flying).
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 18 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 6 administrative pilot examiners.
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Front Royal Warren County Airport · front royal, VA (0 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aero Elite Flight Training · Winchester, VA (14 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · pasaml@frontier.com
- Steven Earl Nixon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Culpeper Regional Airport · Brandy Station, VA (29 nm) · (540) 729-9859 · senixon2016@gmail.com
- Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Warrenton-Fauquier Airport · Midland, VA (33 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.com
- Bradley Palmer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville, VA (48 nm) · (814) 591-2823 · bradjpalmer@yahoo.com
All 39 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- In operation prior to 1959
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 10 right traffic for gyrocopters, ultralights and gliders.
- Runway 28 right traffic for gyrocopters, ultralights and gliders.
- Glider operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Deer and geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Prcht operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Front Royal 28 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 7 balloons, 5 gliders
- Skyline Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft in town
- Blue Ridge Hot Air Balloons LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Aeropaws Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Randolph Macon Academy 2 aircraft in town
- Skyline Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 230 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,986 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FRR.json.
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 9, 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.