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
- 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
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.