William M Tuck Airport
W78 · South Boston, Virginia · Halifax County · map
William M Tuck Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Halifax, 3 miles east of South Boston, Virginia, 420 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Halifax
- Elevation
- 420 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1949
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 2,065 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 28 ft high 481 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 42 ft high 861 ft from the end
- Runway 06: trees 69 ft high 1,134 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 70 ft high 891 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| W78 and aWOS-3 | 119.425 | |
| South Boston Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 434-575-0332.
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 South Boston from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in South Boston, Virginia: 12 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 turboprop. 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 · 5 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
- In operation prior 1959
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and runway end identifier lights runways 01 and 19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 01 and 19 oper continuous.
- 5 feet brush 150 feet left and right of runway centerline.
- Runway 06 outlined with yellow cones.
- Runway 24 outlined with yellow cones.
- SELF-FUELING with a credit card.
- Runway 06/24 closed to aircraft with airspeed 50 KT or more.
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.