Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)
ROA · KROA · Roanoke, Virginia · Roanoke County · map
Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Roanoke, Virginia, 1,175 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 6,800 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 97 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 54,286 takeoffs and landings a year. About 370,696 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
Its FAA code is ROA, and its ICAO code is KROA.
Where is Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
It is 3 miles northwest of Roanoke, Virginia, 1,175 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06/24, is 6,800 feet long.
Does Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Washington Dulles International, Laguardia. Every route
Are there flight schools at Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC and Roanoke Valley Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)?
4 pilot examiners and 7 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 Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field)…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ROA · ICAO KROA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,175 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1930
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,800 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 5,810 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: LDA with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 790 ft, 6,010 ft available for landing
- Runway 34: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tower 837 ft high 26,070 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.375 | Roanoke |
| Clearance delivery | 119.7 | Roanoke |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.85 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Roanoke |
| Tower | 118.3 | Roanoke |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Runway 16/34 360-150, runway 06 235-074 | 118.15 | Roanoke |
| Approach and departure East of lyh vortac | 125.475 | Lynchburg |
| Approach and departure | 126.0 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Runway 16/34 151-359, runway 06 075-234 | 133.225 | Roanoke |
| Approach and departure West of lyh vortac | 135.0 | Lynchburg |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Roanoke |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 540-216-0158.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (22 nm west), New River Valley Airport (35 nm west), Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field (37 nm east).
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
- Departure runway 34 and arrival runway 16 NA at night or during IFR condition due to trrn.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 433 feet in length by 178 feet in width located at der 34.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess R of centerline due to trrn.
- Transient pilots contact the FBO (fixed-base operator) UNICOM for aircraft parking and escort.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway T closed to aircraft with wingspan greater than 118 feet.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -12C.
- Takeoff and landing per and runway condition assessment matrix not mntd 0000 - 0530 hours daily.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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 8,659 departures from ROA in those twelve months, carrying 421,027 passengers in 535,008 seats (79% filled), to 68 destinations (1 abroad) on 21 airlines.
All 68 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 | 76 |
| multi-engine | 13 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 54,286, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 6,707 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,872 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,861 |
| general aviation, local | 19,683 |
| military | 1,163 |
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 Roanoke from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Roanoke, Virginia: 51 piston singles, 5 business jets, 4 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. 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:
- Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC 1 aircraft · Roanoke
- Roanoke Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · Roanoke
- Blue Ridge Soaring Society 10 aircraft · New Castle, 14 miles away Blue Ridge Soaring Society is a 501(c)(3) flying club located in New Castle, Virginia that supports the sport of soaring through training, public outreach, and racing.
- Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hardy, 14 miles away
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
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, 3 for commercial and instrument, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Roanoke, VA (0 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · [email protected]
- Robert Middleton III private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Forest, VA (31 nm) · (434) 426-0870 · [email protected]
- Andrew Walton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lynchburg, VA (37 nm) · (434) 307-7393 · [email protected]
- Benjamin Reed Thigpen private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Liberty University School of Aeronautics · Lynchburg, VA (37 nm) · (434) 381-0545 · [email protected]
All 21 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.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 5 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 Roanoke 65 aircraft · 51 piston singles, 5 business jets, 4 piston twins
- Peak Investments LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Mission Air Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Roanoke Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Blue Ridge Soaring Society 10 aircraft · flying club
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,628 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,424 flights in twelve months · GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,400 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,022 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Laguardia (LGA) 622 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Endeavor Air Inc.
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 616 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, United Parcel Service
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 245 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis (MEM) 158 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Republic Airline
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 5 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 5,974 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ROA.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 26, 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.