Bridgewater Air Park Airport
VBW · KVBW · Bridgewater, Virginia · Rockingham County · map
Bridgewater Air Park Airport is a public-use airport owned by Rockingham Aviation CORP, 1 mile southeast of Bridgewater, Virginia, 1,165 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,034 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VBW · ICAO KVBW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Rockingham Aviation CORP
- Elevation
- 1,165 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,034 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: threshold displaced 145 ft, tree 11 ft high 298 ft from the end
- Runway 33: fence 1 ft high 207 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | |
| Vbw and aWOS-3 | 119.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-828-2076.
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Aircraft registered in Bridgewater from the FAA register
135 aircraft are registered to owners in Bridgewater, Virginia: 119 turboprops, 4 piston singles, 4 airliners and large jets, 3 piston twins, 3 balloons. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 33 2 feet fence post 70 feet from threshold, 27FT R of centerline.
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.