New London Airport
W90 · Forest, Virginia · Bedford County · map
New London Airport is a public-use airport owned by Liberty University, INC., 6 miles southwest of Forest, Virginia, 842 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,164 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W90
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Liberty University, INC.
- Elevation
- 842 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1960
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,164 × 40 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 115 ft, road 16 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 122 ft high 2,372 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.0 |
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Aircraft registered in Forest from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Forest, Virginia: 20 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 4 business jets, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 7 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
- Prior to 1959.
- Stand, fence and tower in prim and/or trnsl surfaces with guardrail both sides of runway 36.
- Runway 18/36 closed daily sunset to sunrise.
- Trees; 110 feet left of centerline. Paved road right of centerline; 125 feet from end of pavement.
- Pvt road used for drag racing located at thld runway 36.
- Runway nmrs are non standard dimensions. Drag racing markings on runway. No hold psn markings vsb. Thld bar and dsplcmnt non standard.
- Runway nmrs are non standard dimensions. Drag racing markings on runway. No hold psn markings vsb.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway pavement in poor condition. Pci 41-55.
- Runway used as drag strip on certain sundays summer months. Notamed when airport closed.
- Ultra light aircraft on and 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.