Swinton Smith Field AT Reidsville Municipal
RVJ · KRVJ · Reidsville, Georgia · Tattnall County · map
Swinton Smith Field AT Reidsville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Reidsville, 3 miles southwest of Reidsville, Georgia, 196 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRVJ · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,300 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KRVJ 061935Z AUTO 06010KT 10SM OVC023 24/19 A2999 RMK AO2 T02400190
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 RVJ · ICAO KRVJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Reidsville
- Elevation
- 196 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1974
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 38 ft high 1,444 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 51 ft high 1,281 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Alma and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.575 | |
| Rvj and aWOS-3PT | 128.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 912-557-0011.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Reidsville from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Reidsville, Georgia: 3 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate PAPI runways 11 and 29, medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 preset low ints DUSK-0230; to incr ints and activate after 0230 - the common traffic frequency.
- Chair of airport authority
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
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.