Suffolk Executive
SFQ · KSFQ · Suffolk, Virginia · Suffolk County · map
Suffolk Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Suffolk, 3 miles southwest of Suffolk, Virginia, 70 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,007 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KSFQ · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 KSFQ 062155Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A3011 RMK AO2 T01920080
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 SFQ · ICAO KSFQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Suffolk
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,007 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 3,750 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 04: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 23 ft high 820 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 97 ft high 2,317 ft from the end
- Runway 07: tree 85 ft high 1,904 ft from the end
- Runway 25: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 64 ft high 928 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.9 | |
| Kohls and star · Outla and star | 118.9 | |
| Sfq and aWOS-3PT | 119.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 757-514-4417.
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 Suffolk from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Suffolk, Virginia: 51 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 piston twins, 3 gliders. 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 · 13 since 1982, 2 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
- In operation prior 1959.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Parachute activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 12 feet tree; 110 feet from thld, 220 right of centerline on approach clnc slp 9:1.
- Runway 7 markings faded and poor condition.
- Runway 25 markings in poor condition.
- Runway end arrow heads painted white instead of designed aviation yellow.
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.