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New Castle International

VA85 · New Castle, Virginia · Craig County · map

New Castle International is a private airport, 2 miles southeast of New Castle, Virginia, 1,320 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,400 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA VA85
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,320 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart: Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation: 6W
In the FAA's files since: November 1962

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	2,400 × 100 ft	Grass

Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern

Aircraft registered in New Castle from the FAA register

15 aircraft are registered to owners in New Castle, Virginia: 8 gliders, 5 piston singles, 2 helicopters. 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:

Blue Ridge Soaring Society 8Blue Ridge Soaring Society INC 2Air Assault Agricultural Aviation LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal

2025-09-13ERA25LA354 · Jonker Sailplanes (PTY) LTD Js3 N68MF · accident · no injuries

2013-04-07ERA13LA194 · Cessna 172M N92804 · accident · no injuries

2011-04-10ERA11LA234 · Let L 33 Solo N286BA · accident · 1 killed

2010-09-22ERA10CA497 · Consolidated Aeronautics INC. Lake La-4-200 N8001J · accident · minor injuries

1999-07-03NYC99LA164 · Piper Pa-18-150 N4494Z · accident · serious injuries

1998-04-12IAD98LA046 · Let L-23 N55BR · accident · no injuries

1994-05-15NYC94LA081 · Let Super Blanik L-33 N23BR · accident · no injuries

1985-09-19BFO85LA078 · Schleicher Asw-20 N39DG · accident · serious injuries

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

Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) ROA · 11 nm southeast Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive BCB · 22 nm southwest Greenbrier Valley Airport LWB · 27 nm northwest Barrows Airport VA04 · 8 nm east · private May Heliport 13VG · 11 nm south · private Summit Airport 6VA4 · 12 nm south · private Fincastle Airport VA83 · 12 nm east · private Lewis Gale Clinic INC Heliport 1VA2 · 14 nm south · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

VFR use only.
(E125) plus 5 gliders
(E128) gliders

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.