Leesburg Executive
JYO · KJYO · Leesburg, Virginia · Loudoun County · map
Leesburg Executive is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Leesburg, 3 miles south of Leesburg, Virginia, 390 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 249 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 97,280 takeoffs and landings a year. About 132 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KJYO · observed 11:35 am EDT (15:35 UTC), 50 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 3 miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KJYO 111535Z AUTO 03007KT 3SM -RA OVC005 15/15 A3008 RMK AO2 P0004
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 E55P at 600 ft, 55 nm east, 9:29 am EDT (13:29 UTC): overcast above 600 ft.
- urgent BE55 at 900 ft, 71 nm east, 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC): light turbulence, a broken layer above 900 ft.
- EC35 at 2,000 ft, 0 nm north, 11:01 am EDT (15:01 UTC): scattered clouds above 500 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RIC, 95 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.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 6 nm east · a VIP movement
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 13 nm southeast · security
- 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 44 nm east · drones kept away from a public gathering
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 JYO · ICAO KJYO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Leesburg
- Elevation
- 390 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 810 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1300-2300z++
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- 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
- October 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 30 ft high 724 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 43 ft high 1,325 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.5 | Leesburg Tower |
| UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Clearance delivery When jyo tower closed | 118.55 | Leesburg Tower |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 120.5 | Leesburg Tower |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CLTCH) · Departure procedure (JDUBB) | 125.05 | Leesburg Tower |
| Gibbz and star | 120.45 | Leesburg Tower |
| Jyo and aWOS-3PT | 125.225 | |
| Hyper and star · Prtzl and star · Waynz and star arriving from headings 331 to 090 | 126.1 | Leesburg Tower |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 | Leesburg Tower |
| Coatt and star | 128.525 | Leesburg Tower |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 703-777-3781.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 200 |
| multi-engine | 23 |
| jets | 21 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 97,280, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,252 |
| general aviation, travelling | 40,417 |
| general aviation, local | 55,543 |
| military | 67 |
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 Leesburg from the FAA register
218 aircraft are registered to owners in Leesburg, Virginia: 164 piston singles, 13 turboprops, 12 business jets, 9 piston twins, 9 helicopters. 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
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Washington Dulles International (9 nm southeast), Montgomery County Airpark (19 nm east), Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field (22 nm south).
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 Leesburg, by their names on the register:
- Blue Ridge Flyers 1 aircraft Blue Ridge Flyers is a flying club based in Leesburg, Virginia.
- Blue Ridge Flyers INC 1 aircraft Blue Ridge Flyers is a flying club based in Leesburg, Virginia that owns and operates aircraft for recreational flying.
Repair stations in Leesburg:
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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 45 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 11 administrative pilot examiners.
- 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 Aviation · Leesburg, VA (0 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 (10 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (19 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 (19 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · harry@flymall.org
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (19 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · hidayat.sharif@yahoo.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 · Manassas Regional AIrport · Manassas, VA (20 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · stubird2@gmail.com
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (22 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · melissator3@yahoo.com
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (22 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · neallanning@icloud.com
All 88 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.
- 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 · 27 since 1982, 6 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
- When the control tower closed activate odals runway 17; runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Non-standard odals, 3 light configuration.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Helicopter act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Calm wind use runway 17.
- Ramp fence south/west side ramps lead in lines on west ramp NA.
- Psbl thermal plumes from pwr plant 1.3 NM sse.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Leesburg 218 aircraft · 164 piston singles, 13 turboprops, 12 business jets
- Eastern Stearman INC Trustee 111 aircraft in town
- Skyhound LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Periscope Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Vaughan Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Blue Ridge Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- Blue Ridge Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Avionics Systems LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 27 since 1982 · 6 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/JYO.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.