Lockerman Seaplane Base
VA48 · Gretna, Virginia · Franklin County · map
Lockerman Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 9 miles west of Gretna, Virginia, 795 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VA48
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 795 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 5,000 × 5,000 ft | Water |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- buoys
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (25 nm northwest), Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field (26 nm northeast), Danville Regional (31 nm southeast), Blue Ridge Airport (32 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Smith Mountain Lake Airport (4 nm north), Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (25 nm northwest), Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field (26 nm northeast), Brookneal/Campbell County (28 nm east).
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 Gretna from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Gretna, Virginia: 3 piston singles, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wings Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Union Hall, 5 miles away Wings Flying Club is a non-profit flying club located at Bowman Field (KLOU) in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hardy, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gretna 5 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 2 helicopters
- Wings Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 228 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 5,972 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VA48.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 30, 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.