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VA85 · New Castle International Airport

ICAO · US · 8 NTSB events

ID VA85 Elev 1,320 ft Lat 37° 29.01' N Lon 80° 5.99' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,400 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
18 — 2,400 ft 100 ft Turf No —
36 — 2,400 ft 100 ft Turf No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 1 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (1 sentence)
  • ·(E125) PLUS 5 GLIDERS (E128) GLIDERS FOR CD CTC ROANOKE APCH AT 540-563-1307.

Field profile

Use

Private

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

8 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

9

since 1982

Fatal

2

22.2% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Other 1

All time · n=8

  • Ground collision 2
  • Stall / spin 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Other 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-09-13 JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD JS3 · Other · VMC · day →
2013-04-07 Cessna 172M · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2011-04-10 LET L 33 SOLO · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2010-09-22 CONSOLIDATED AERONAUTICS INC. LAKE LA-4-200 · CFIT · VMC · day →
1999-07-03 Piper PA-18-150 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1998-04-12 Let L-23 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1994-05-15 Let SUPER BLANIK L-33 · Ground collision · day →
1985-09-19 Schleicher ASW-20 · Ground collision · VMC · day →

Designees in VA

CFI Flight Instructors 1,802 A&P Mechanics 4,380 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 58 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 1 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 2 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 35 Schools Flight Schools 56 FBO Fixed Base Operators 51 Clubs Flying Clubs 37 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 10 EAA EAA Chapters 13

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Michael Gwinn Lewisburg WV 25 nm
Randy Steven Mccallister Dublin VA 36 nm
Robert Middleton Iii Forest VA 40 nm
Benjamin Reed Thigpen Lynchburg VA 43 nm
Doris Gatewood Lynchburg VA 43 nm
Travis Jeffrey Williams Danville VA 63 nm
Doris Gatewood Stokesdale NC 76 nm
Garland Michael Boone Winston Salem NC 81 nm
Bradley Palmer Charlottesville VA 84 nm
William Peters Jr Charleston WV 89 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Mark Charles Walker New Castle VA 1 nm
Justin Francis Pavoni Jr New Castle VA 1 nm
Mark Edwards Fryburg Daleville VA 10 nm
Richard Edward Donnelly Daleville VA 10 nm
Michael Albin Pfeifer Daleville VA 10 nm
Erryn Michael Barkett Fincastle VA 11 nm
Anthony Brian Lovell Troutville VA 11 nm
Paul Benjamin Hammond Troutville VA 11 nm
Kathleen Denise J Ongena Troutville VA 11 nm
Joseph Gray Crump Troutville VA 11 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Ronald Eugene Frith New Castle VA 1 nm
Donald Leon Caldwell Jr New Castle VA 1 nm
William Rosborough Hopkins Daleville VA 10 nm
Gary Mcneal Fitzgerald Daleville VA 10 nm
Nathan Paul Ostermann Daleville VA 10 nm
Edward Ellis Harvey Jr Daleville VA 10 nm
Martin Emil Wiegand Fincastle VA 11 nm
Robert Earl Barrows Fincastle VA 11 nm
Kenneth Eugene Spragg Fincastle VA 11 nm
George Christopher Moore Fincastle VA 11 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Shenandoah Avionics, LLC
Weyers Cave, VA
 74 nm
H and H Propeller Services, Inc
Burlington, NC
 91 nm
Twin Lakes Avionics
Advance, NC
 96 nm
Flight1 Aviation Maintenance, LLC
Statesville, NC
 111 nm
Carolina Avionics Group, LLC
Salisbury, NC
 113 nm
Triangle Avionics
Louisburg, NC
 122 nm
Skydive Front Royal
Front Royal, VA
 123 nm
Mag Aerospace
Sanford, NC
 124 nm
Aero Avionics, Inc.
Sanford, NC
 124 nm
Inglewood Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Albemarle, NC
 125 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.