Virginia Highlands Airport
VJI · KVJI · Abingdon, Virginia · Washington County · map
Virginia Highlands Airport is a public-use airport owned by Va Highlands Arpt Authority, 2 miles west of Abingdon, Virginia, 2,088 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVJI · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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 KVJI 062015Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A3009 RMK AO2
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 VJI · ICAO KVJI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Va Highlands Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 2,088 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 990 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0000z
- 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
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: tree 151 ft high 4,032 ft from the end
- Runway 24: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 81 ft high 2,166 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.25 | |
| Glade Springs Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.85 | |
| Vji and aWOS-3 | 128.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 276-628-2940.
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 Abingdon from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Abingdon, Virginia: 12 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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 · 13 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate odals runway 24; runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; PAPI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Transient hangar when available.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Unatndd new YEAR'S day, july 4TH, thanksgiving day, and christmas day.
- Based at tri, picks up at vji.
- Prist, ANTI-ICING fuel additive available.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
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.