Painter Field
VA20 · Painter, Virginia · Accomack County · map
Painter Field is a private airport owned by Shore Aviation, 1 mile south of Painter, Virginia, 40 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VA20
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Shore Aviation
- Elevation
- 40 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- March to October, Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2015
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,200 × 100 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Accomack County (5 nm north), Newport News/Williamsburg International (42 nm southwest), Norfolk International (45 nm southwest), Middle Peninsula Regional (46 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Accomack County (5 nm north), Crisfield-Somerset County (27 nm north), Hummel Field (31 nm west), Newport News/Williamsburg International (42 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Painter from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Painter, Virginia: 6 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Painter 6 aircraft · 6 piston singles
- Shore Aviation 2 aircraft in town
- 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 5,971 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VA20.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 29, 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.