New Kent County
W96 · Quinton, Virginia · New Kent County · map
New Kent County is a public-use airport owned by the County of New Kent, 8 miles west of Quinton, Virginia, 121 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,602 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W96
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of New Kent
- Elevation
- 121 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,602 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the right, road 5 ft high 258 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 14 ft high 211 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.4 | |
| W96 and aWOS-3 | 119.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 804-932-8863.
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 Quinton from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Quinton, Virginia: 17 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Rotating beacon not visible when approaching from the north.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours, credit card required when unattended.
- Runway 11 - roadway +15 feet 260 feet from runway end.
- 13 feet brush, 101 feet right of centerline on approach at thld.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
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.