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South Jersey Regional

VAY · KVAY · Mount Holly, New Jersey · Burlington County · map

South Jersey Regional is a public-use airport owned by N.J. Dept. of Transportation, 4 miles southwest of Mount Holly, New Jersey, 53 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,881 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 77 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 34,022 takeoffs and landings a year. About 43 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.

Weather right now KVAY · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the west (260°) at 4 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
  • Altimeter 30.08 inHg

No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.

The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)

METAR KVAY 062154Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01610022

From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.

The airport

Codes
FAA VAY · ICAO KVAY
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
N.J. Dept. of Transportation
Elevation
53 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
800 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
April to October, every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Washington sectional
Magnetic variation
12W
In the FAA's files since
January 1956

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/263,881 × 50 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the right, tree 54 ft high 550 ft from the end
  • Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 45 ft high 909 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Approach and departure126.475
Vay and automated weather (ASOS)119.325

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 609-267-1176.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

single-engine71multi-engine5helicopters1
43passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024

Takeoffs and landings a year about 34,022, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

general aviation, travelling11,847general aviation, local22,175

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.

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 Mount Holly from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Holly, New Jersey: 2 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.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Jersey.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 2 fatal

2021-08-21ERA21LA337 · Vans Rv7 N838WT · accident · minor injuries
2019-05-11GAA19CA264 · Aero Commander 695 N51DM · accident · no injuries
2019-03-09ERA19LA194 · Cessna 172 N7367G · accident · no injuries
2018-09-15GAA18CA556 · Cessna R182 N7304T · accident · no injuries
2018-08-04GAA18CA472 · Cessna 140 N1160D · accident · minor injuries
2016-05-31GAA16CA340 · Cessna 172 N7095G · accident · no injuries
2014-05-01ERA14CA216 · Agusta Aerospace CORP Aw119 Mkii N119HF · accident · no injuries
2009-08-18ERA09LA468 · Piper Pa-12 N7556H · accident · no injuries
2009-07-27ERA09LA427 · Piper Pa-34-200T N1494X · accident · no injuries
2005-07-31IAD05LA112 · Schweizer 269C N399HF · accident · minor injuries
2003-06-23NYC03LA134 · Cessna 150L N18146 · accident · minor injuries
2002-04-03IAD02LA040 · Cessna T310R N5079J · 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

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Trees along sides of runway primarily northwest.
  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26 -123.3.
  • Airport unatndd thanksgiving and christmas day. Christmas and thanksgiving eve hours 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. New years day hours 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
  • Balls marking power lines on aph to runway 08 faded.
  • Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Helicopter takeoffs and landings restricted to runway 08/26 only.
  • Parallel taxiway NON-STANDARD width, 18 feet asp.
  • Avoid overflying housing area wnw of airport below 300 feet when in the traffic pattern for runway 8.

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.