Tappahannock-Essex County Airport

is a public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) south of the central business district of Tappahannock, a town in Essex County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Tappahannock Essex County Airport Authority.

Opened in 2007 [http://www.tappahannockessexairport.com/ Tappahannock-Essex County Airport] , official site] and located near Route 360 at St. Paul's Crossroads, this airport replaced the former Tappahannock Municipal Airport [ [http://www.tappahannockessexairport.com/airport3.htm Map showing location of the new airport in relation to the old airport] ] which was located near the intersection of Route 17 & Airport Road. [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/VA/Airfields_VA_E.html#tappahannock Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Eastern Virginia] ]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Tappahannock-Essex County Airport is assigned XSA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KXSA Great Circle Mapper: KXSA - Tappahannock, Virginia (Tappahannock-Essex County Airport)] ]

Facilities

Tappahannock-Essex County Airport covers an area of 423 acres (171 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (10/28) measuring 4,300 x 75 ft (1,311 x 23 m).

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