Shenandoah Valley Regional
SHD · KSHD · Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg, Virginia · Augusta County · map
Shenandoah Valley Regional is a public-use airport, 10 miles northeast of Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1,201 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 73 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 37,204 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,348 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Shenandoah Valley Regional?
Its FAA code is SHD, and its ICAO code is KSHD.
Where is Shenandoah Valley Regional?
It is 10 miles northeast of Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1,201 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Shenandoah Valley Regional?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Shenandoah Valley Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Shenandoah Valley Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Shenandoah Valley Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Chicago O'Hare International, North Central West Virginia, Shenandoah Valley Regional, Altoona/Blair County. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shenandoah Valley Regional?
3 pilot examiners and 3 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SHD · ICAO KSHD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,201 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; 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
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 59 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.35 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | |
| Shd and aWOS-3 | 124.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-234-0110.
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 (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, cargo handling, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bridgewater Air Park Airport (7 nm northwest), Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (22 nm east), Luray Caverns Airport (31 nm northeast).
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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 operators continuously.
- Pattern altitude 800 feet piston aircraft, 1500 feet jet/turbo aircraft.
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 690 departures from SHD in those twelve months, carrying 11,818 passengers in 34,010 seats (35% filled), to 27 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 27 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 | 56 |
| multi-engine | 13 |
| jets | 3 |
| 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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 37,204, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,401 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,678 |
| general aviation, local | 26,928 |
| military | 197 |
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 Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Staunton/Waynesboro/Harrisonburg, VA as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 parachute rigger examiner.
- Bradley Palmer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville, VA (22 nm) · (814) 591-2823 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Front Royal Warren County Airport · front royal, VA (50 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Steven Earl Nixon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Culpeper Regional Airport · Brandy Station, VA (50 nm) · (540) 729-9859 · [email protected]
All 10 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-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
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, 4 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 4 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 5,975 aircraft registered
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 462 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 174 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- North Central West Virginia (CKB) 19 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Shenandoah Valley Regional (SHD) 6 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Altoona/Blair County (AOO) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Fort Wayne International (FWA) 3 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Manistee County/Blacker (MBL) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SHD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.