Rockfish Airport
VG22 · Nellysford, Virginia · Nelson County · map
Rockfish Airport is a private airport owned by Rockfish Gliderport LLC, 1 mile southwest of Nellysford, Virginia, 760 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 1,750 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 VG22
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Rockfish Gliderport LLC
- Elevation
- 760 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
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,750 × 40 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 24: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Shenandoah Valley Regional (23 nm north), Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (26 nm northeast), Bridgewater Air Park Airport (29 nm north), Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field (36 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Eagle'S Nest Airport (12 nm north), Shenandoah Valley Regional (23 nm north), Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (26 nm northeast), Falwell Airport (32 nm south).
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 Nellysford from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Nellysford, Virginia: 3 gliders, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Nellysford 5 aircraft · 3 gliders, 2 piston singles
- Shenandoah Valley Soaring INC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 5,975 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VG22.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 28, 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.