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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Newport News/Williamsburg International?
Its FAA code is PHF, and its ICAO code is KPHF.
Where is Newport News/Williamsburg International?
It is 9 miles northwest of Newport News, Virginia, 42 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Newport News/Williamsburg International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 8,003 feet long.
Does Newport News/Williamsburg International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Newport News/Williamsburg International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Newport News/Williamsburg International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Laredo International, Bangor International, Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Newport News/Williamsburg International?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Rick Aviation INC and Tidewater Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Newport News/Williamsburg International?
5 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Newport News/Williamsburg International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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.
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.
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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,439 departures from PHF in those twelve months, carrying 53,577 passengers in 72,935 seats (73% filled), to 19 destinations on 10 airlines.
All 19 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 84 |
| multi-engine | 17 |
| jets | 36 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Rick Aviation INC 22 aircraft · Newport News Rick Aviation is a full-service Fixed-Base Operator (FBO) and FAA Part 141-approved flight school at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia.
- Tidewater Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Newport News Tidewater Flying Club is a non-profit flying club founded in 1967 based at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) in Newport News, Virginia.
- M/T Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Hayes, 11 miles away RVA Flyers is a flight school located in Richmond, Virginia that provides pilot training programs including Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Drone License certifications.
- P/T Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Hayes, 11 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Newport News:
- Rick Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Rick Aviation is a full-service fixed-base operator at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia.
Repair stations in Newport News:
- Aery Aviation, LLC Aery Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in Newport News, Virginia, that provides aircraft management, private charter, maintenance and repair services, air ambulance operations, and special mission capabilities for government
- Audemus INC Audemus, Inc.
- Eagle Aviation Technologies, LLC Eagle Aviation Technologies is an aerospace manufacturing and engineering company based in Newport News, Virginia, specializing in composite and metal component fabrication, engineering design, and testing for government and commercial aero
- Lyons Creek Aviation
- Rick Aviation INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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 · [email protected]
- David Hynes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; helicopters · Chesapeake, VA (20 nm) · (757) 406-9044 · [email protected]
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Windsor, VA (20 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · [email protected]
- 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 · [email protected]
- 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 · [email protected]
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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
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
- Rick Aviation INC 22 aircraft · flight school
- Tidewater Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- M/T Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aery Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Audemus INC · repair station
- Eagle Aviation Technologies, LLC · repair station
- Lyons Creek Aviation · repair station
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,415 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Laredo International (LRD) 4 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Bangor International (BGR) 2 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 2 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc.
- Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional (SBY) 2 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines
- Augusta Regional AT Bush Field (AGS) 1 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines
- Albany International (ALB) 1 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Asheville Regional (AVL) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 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 5,973 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 27, 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.