Runways at KXSA
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Tappahannock-Essex County Airport has one runway: 10/28 - 1,311 m long (4,300 ft), 23 m wide, asphalt surface.
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport (KXSA)
United States · elevation 135 ft AMSL
· 37.8596, -76.8941
About Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport is an airport with the ICAO code KXSA. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Tappahannock. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KX prefix, which marks airports in United States. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 37°51'35"N, 76°53'39"W, at an elevation of 135 ft (41 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/New_York.
Satellite view of KXSA
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KXSA
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 100° | 1,311 m (4,300 ft) | 23 m (75 ft) | asphalt |
| 28 | 280° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Tappahannock-Essex County Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KXSA for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 26,104 METAR reports issued by KXSA in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 82% of the time, MVFR 8% and IFR or LIFR 10%. Best month for VFR flying: November (89% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: May (15%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 10:00 UTC (16% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 20:00 UTC (5%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 25 days a year on average, most often in December. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 17 days a year on average, and snowfall on 6.7.
The wind most often blows from S (180°) - 7% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 43% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in <1%. Warmest month: July (average high 31.2 °C); coldest: January (average low -0.5 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 82%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 10%
- Avg high
- 20.6 °C
- Avg low
- 9.6 °C
- Fog days
- 25
- Thunderstorm days
- 17
- Snow days
- 6.7
- Prevailing wind
- S · 7%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- <1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 82%
- MVFR 8%
- IFR 5%
- LIFR 4%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 43%
Most often: S - 7% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3 | -0.5 | 85% | 9% | 2 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| February | 12.0 | 1.3 | 85% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 2.4 |
| March | 16.6 | 4.2 | 83% | 10% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 22.0 | 9.5 | 86% | 9% | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 |
| May | 23.8 | 13.3 | 74% | 15% | 3 | 2.7 | 0 |
| June | 29.2 | 17.6 | 82% | 9% | 3 | 2.7 | 0 |
| July | 31.2 | 21.4 | 84% | 7% | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| August | 28.8 | 18.7 | 80% | 8% | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0 |
| September | 25.7 | 16.2 | 70% | 15% | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 |
| October | 21.5 | 9.1 | 87% | 5% | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 16.0 | 3.7 | 89% | 6% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 10.4 | -0.1 | 79% | 13% | 4 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 10/28 on 100° and 280° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 10/28 axis, wind from the south (around 190°) or from the north (around 10°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 100° or 280° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KXSA
Weather reports for Tappahannock-Essex County Airport are published under the ICAO code KXSA. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KXSA report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KXSA, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/New_York zone is GMT-05:00 in winter and GMT-04:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (Shacklefords) (KFYJ, 39 km), Mary Walker LZ Airport (Bowling Green) (KAPH, 44 km), Hanover County Municipal Airport (KOFP, 51 km). When no report is available for KXSA, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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