Virginia Highlands Airport
VJI · KVJI · Abingdon, Virginia · Washington County · map
Virginia Highlands Airport is a public-use airport owned by Va Highlands Arpt Authority, 2 miles west of Abingdon, Virginia, 2,088 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 57 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 30,645 takeoffs and landings a year. About 41 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KVJI · observed 11:35 am EDT (15:35 UTC), 50 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KVJI 111535Z AUTO 06013KT 10SM BKN070 20/17 A2990 RMK AO2
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
2 warnings in force over this field:
- 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).
7 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- A319 at 36,000 ft, 16 nm south, 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): no turbulence.
- E55P at 0 ft, 28 nm southwest, 12:13 pm EDT (16:13 UTC): overcast above 3,000 ft.
- PA31 at 10,000 ft, 45 nm northwest, 10:43 am EDT (14:43 UTC): no turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CRW, 104 nm north), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 150° at 19 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 12 kt, 14 °C; 9,000 ft: 180° at 16 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 170° at 19 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 190° at 34 kt, -9 °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 VJI · ICAO KVJI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Va Highlands Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 2,088 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 990 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0000z
- 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
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: tree 151 ft high 4,032 ft from the end
- Runway 24: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 81 ft high 2,166 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.25 | |
| Glade Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 | |
| Vji and aWOS-3 | 128.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 276-628-2940.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 38 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 30,645, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,758 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,097 |
| general aviation, local | 13,484 |
| military | 306 |
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 Abingdon from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Abingdon, Virginia: 12 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 business jets, 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, 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: Johnson County (19 nm southeast), William B Greene JR Regional (20 nm south), Tri-Cities Airport (22 nm southwest).
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 Abingdon, by their names on the register:
- Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC 2 aircraft Highlands Aero Flight Center is a flight training and aerial services provider based at Virginia Highlands Airport in Abingdon, Virginia.
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing).
- Eric R. Spicer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TRI-Cities Airport · Blountville, TN (19 nm) · (423) 341-0220 · ericrspicer@gmail.com
- Mark Robey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tri-Cities Aviation · Blountville, TN (19 nm) · (931) 431-8119 · wingstri@yahoo.com
- Daniel Jonathan Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dan Moore Aero LLC · Elizabethton, TN (20 nm) · (423) 647-4359 · dan@danmoore.aero
- Donald Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SkyKnight Hangar · Greeneville, TN (48 nm) · (850) 333-4886 · crosscheckftc@gmail.com
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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.
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 · 13 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
- Activate odals runway 24; runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; PAPI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Transient hangar when available.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Unatndd new YEAR'S day, july 4TH, thanksgiving day, and christmas day.
- Based at tri, picks up at vji.
- Prist, ANTI-ICING fuel additive available.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Abingdon 19 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 business jets
- Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 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/VJI.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.