Tappahannock/Essex County
XSA · KXSA · Tappahannock, Virginia · Essex County · map
Tappahannock/Essex County is a public-use airport owned by Essex County Arpt Auth, 5 miles south of Tappahannock, Virginia, 135 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 25 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 11,829 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KXSA · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Temperature 53°F (12°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KXSA 062315Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 12/08 A3012 RMK AO2 T01150079 PWINO
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 XSA · ICAO KXSA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Essex County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 135 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to February, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; March to October, every day, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2007
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 106 ft high 2,374 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 15 ft high 818 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.4 | |
| Xsa and aWOS-3 | 125.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 804-445-8724.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 11,829, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Tappahannock from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Tappahannock, Virginia: 2 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 · 3 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Deer and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 10 and 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- 6 feet tree 196 feet from thld, 231 L of centerline on approach
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.