Smith Mountain Lake Airport
W91 · Moneta, Virginia · Bedford County · map
Smith Mountain Lake Airport is a public-use airport owned by Smith Mountain Lake Airport, LLC., 4 miles southeast of Moneta, Virginia, 892 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,058 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W91
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Smith Mountain Lake Airport, LLC.
- Elevation
- 892 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,058 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 250 ft, trees 43 ft high 290 ft from the end
- Runway 23: tree 23 ft high 238 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.0 |
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Aircraft registered in Moneta from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Moneta, Virginia: 22 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. Pause 1 second between clicks.
- Overnight fee
- 24-HR SELF-SERVE fuel available with credit card.
- 50 years old asphalt
- Runway 05 has +12 feet road at thld 100 feet R. pwr pole 128 feet right of approach 86 feet from thld.
- Approach slope 7:1 to displaced threshold based.
- Mowing WI safety areas of all runways and taxiways APR-NOV.
- Runway 05/23 closed to landing aircraft more than 10000 pounds publd maximum gross weight.
- Apn main ramp closed to helicopter operations near fuel pump.
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.