Tangier Island Airport
TGI · KTGI · Tangier, Virginia · Accomack County · map
Tangier Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Tangier, 1 mile west of Tangier, Virginia, 5 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,426 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TGI · ICAO KTGI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Tangier
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,426 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 02: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 12 ft high 219 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 183 ft, road 15 ft high 249 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) When nhk approach closed | 127.2 | |
| Tgi and aWOS-3PT | 119.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 757-891-2496.
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 Tangier from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Tangier, VA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Airport beacon out of service indefinitely.
- Paew adjacent to all runways, taxiways and ramps.
- <pattern altitude light aircraft 600 feet hvy aircraft 1500 feet.
- Brush 70 feet left and right runway centerline.
- Brush 70 feet right and left runway centerline.
- Prev runway nrs vsb on former runway pavement. Chevrons on former runway pavement poor. Runway centerline poor.
- Taxiway LEAD-IN lines poor. Runway centerline poor.
- Clnc slp 15:1 to dthr.
- Be alert: restricted area one MI west of airport; HI-SPEED aircraft drop bombs and fire live ammunition in area.
- Landing/parking fee to help pay for recent runway rehab.
- Airport conditions unmon.
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.