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) and about 150 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 49,589 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KHWY · observed 11:35 am EDT (15:35 UTC), 54 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 3 miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 feet
- Weather: light drizzle
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 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 111535Z AUTO 02009KT 3SM -DZ OVC005 17/15 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T01670152
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
3 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).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent BE55 at 900 ft, 78 nm east, 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC): light turbulence, a broken layer above 900 ft.
- C25M at 600 ft, 12 nm northeast, 11:25 am EDT (15:25 UTC): overcast above 600 ft.
- F2TH at 700 ft, 12 nm northeast, 9:55 am EDT (13:55 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RIC, 67 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 180° at 18 kt; 6,000 ft: 200° at 19 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 22 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 31 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 42 kt, -7 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 23 nm northeast · security
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 29 nm northeast · a VIP movement
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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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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 137 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 49,589, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 613 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,191 |
| general aviation, local | 31,489 |
| military | 296 |
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 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, 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, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Culpeper Regional (8 nm southwest), Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field (12 nm northeast), Washington Exec/Stafford Regional (16 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 Warrenton, by their names on the register:
- Midland Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 33 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- 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 (2 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.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, VA (8 nm) · (540) 729-9859 · senixon2016@gmail.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 · ATP Flight School · Manassas, VA (14 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · pasaml@frontier.com
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · South Riding, VA (22 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Michael Arthur Pearson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Fredericksburg, VA (23 nm) · (540) 903-7003 · mapsr@aol.com
- Jeffrey Richard Riemer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, VA (33 nm) · (703) 859-2807 · jriemer@riemerandassociates.com
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (43 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · chuckepstein1@yahoo.com
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (43 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · harry@flymall.org
All 59 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- 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 · 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. 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
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Warrenton 62 aircraft · 55 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Wright Experience INC 4 aircraft in town
- Brown Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Adl Tracey LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Midland Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 1 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/HWY.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.