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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KROA · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KROA 061954Z 14005KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP203 T01890078
TAF KROA 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW040
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.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.