Newport News/Williamsburg International
PHF · KPHF · Newport News, Virginia · Newport News County · map
Newport News/Williamsburg International is a public-use airport, 9 miles northwest of Newport News, Virginia, 42 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 8,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 137 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 64,520 takeoffs and landings a year. About 64,693 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KPHF · observed 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC), 30 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the south (170°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,200 feet, overcast at 2,100 feet
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 7:20 am EDT (11:20 UTC), good until Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the east at 14 knots, gusting to 21, visibility 3 miles, rain showers, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Sun 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 12 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 400 feet LIFR
- From Sun 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet VFR
- From Mon 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,200 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPHF 111554Z 17010KT 10SM BKN012 OVC021 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02440228
TAF KPHF 111120Z 1112/1212 10014G21KT 3SM SHRA BR OVC007 FM111600 14012G18KT P6SM OVC004 FM120300 22009KT P6SM SCT045 FM121100 26010KT P6SM BKN012
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
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br fg).
11 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- BE20 at 21,000 ft, 17 nm east, 9:45 am EDT (13:45 UTC): light icing, -5 °C.
- P180 at 1,500 ft, 20 nm southeast, 12:05 pm EDT (16:05 UTC): overcast above 1,500 ft.
- E75L at 900 ft, 20 nm southeast, 11:32 am EDT (15:32 UTC): overcast above 900 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ORF, 20 nm southeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 210° at 21 kt; 6,000 ft: 230° at 22 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 250° at 22 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 260° at 27 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 250° at 27 kt, -6 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
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 PHF · ICAO KPHF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 42 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 8,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 6,526 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 69 ft high 2,700 ft from the end
- Runway 25: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 41 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, road 23 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.7 | Newport News |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.65 | Newport News |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 121.65 | Newport News |
| Clearance delivery · Departure When tower closed | 124.9 | Newport News |
| Ground | 121.9 | Newport News |
| Approach | 125.7 | Newport News |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Newport News |
| Kohls and star · Outla and star | 118.9 | Newport News |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 757-874-3682.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 84 |
| multi-engine | 17 |
| jets | 36 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 64,520, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 56 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,567 |
| general aviation, travelling | 22,536 |
| general aviation, local | 24,058 |
| military | 12,303 |
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 Newport News from the FAA register
123 aircraft are registered to owners in Newport News, Virginia: 62 business jets, 52 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 1 balloon. 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
- avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (12 nm northwest), Norfolk International (20 nm southeast), Hampton Roads Executive (21 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 Newport News, by their names on the register:
- Tidewater Flying Club INC 3 aircraft Tidewater Flying Club is a non-profit flying club founded in 1967 based at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) in Newport News, Virginia.
Charter operators and airlines based in Newport News:
- Rick Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Rick Aviation, Inc.
Repair stations in Newport News:
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, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Steven Arthur Martin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Newport News International Airport · Newport News, VA (0 nm) · (757) 717-7274 · martin.steven.a@gmail.com
- David Hynes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; helicopters · Chesapeake, VA (20 nm) · (757) 406-9044 · dave@hrheli.com
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Windsor, VA (20 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · jtmolumphy@aol.com
- Andrew Walton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · KRIC - RVA Flyers Hangar · Richmond, VA (45 nm) · (434) 307-7393 · dpeandrew@gmail.com
- Christopher Bryan Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Richmond Executive Airport -KFCI · Chesterfield, VA (48 nm) · (804) 304-7369 · climbspeed@gmail.com
All 27 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).
- 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 1959.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 07; runway end identifier lights runway 20 and 25; PAPI runway 02, 20 and 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 07/25; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Approach lights (MALSR) unmonitored.
- (CONC-GRVD from aer 20 to 5000 feet. Remainder ASPHALT-GRVD)
- Glider activity approx 19 miles southwest of airport up to base of clouds.
- Aircraft arriving/departing Newport News should announce intentions on the common traffic frequency when the control tower closed.
- Rmks: RC park approximately 2 miles north of airport, up to 400 feet.
- Rmks: use ctn low lvl helicopter in the vicinity of airport.
- Intmt airfield mowing operations APR-NOV.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B coverage provided durg schedule commercial aircraft operations.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Newport News 123 aircraft · 62 business jets, 52 piston singles, 6 piston twins
- Airborne Tactical Advantage Company LLC 31 aircraft in town
- Airborne Tactical Advantage CO LLC 26 aircraft in town
- Rick Aviation INC 22 aircraft in town
- Tidewater Flying Club INC 3 aircraft in town
- Rick Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tidewater Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Aery Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Audemus INC · repair station
- Eagle Aviation Technologies, LLC · repair station
- Lyons Creek Aviation · repair station
- 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/PHF.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.