Sanford Field
VA23 · Coles Point, Virginia · Westmoreland County · map
Sanford Field is a private airport, 2 miles southeast of Coles Point, Virginia, 15 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,900 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 VA23
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,900 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 17: power line 40 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 40 ft high 600 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: St. Mary'S County Regional (12 nm north), Tappahannock/Essex County (20 nm southwest), Maryland Airport (36 nm northwest), Middle Peninsula Regional (37 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: St. Mary'S County Regional (12 nm north), Tappahannock/Essex County (20 nm southwest), Hummel Field (32 nm south), Maryland Airport (36 nm northwest).
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
- VFR only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Coles Point from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Coles Point, VA as the owner's town.
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
- 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/VA23.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.