FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | VJI |
| Lat/Long: | 36-41-10.7290N 082-02-05.2230W
36-41.178817N 082-02.087050W
36.6863136,-82.0347842
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 2087.5 ft. / 636.3 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 05W (1995) |
| From city: | 2 miles W of ABINGDON, VA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 24210 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 08/1986 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | VJI (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 1200-0000Z
UNATNDD NEW YEAR'S DAY, JULY 4TH, THANKSGIVING DAY, AND CHRISTMAS DAY. |
| Pattern altitude: | 3077.5 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT ODALS RWY 24; REIL RWY 06 & 24; PAPI RWY 24; MIRL RWY 06/24 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 128.125 (276-628-2940) |
| TRI CITY APPROACH: | 125.25 |
| TRI CITY DEPARTURE: | 125.25 |
| WX AWOS-3 at 6A4 (19 nm SE): | 126.225 (423-727-4365) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 127.85/269.3 (GLADE SPRINGS RCAG) WHEN TRI CITY APCH CTL CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| GZGr168/8.6 | | GLADE SPRING VOR/DME | | 115.55 | | 02W |
| HMVr021/15.6 | | HOLSTON MOUNTAIN VORTAC | | 114.60 | | 04W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| HEMLOCK | | 349/32.8 | | 320 | | 02W | | BAR | -... .- .-. |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
A:PRIST, ANTI-ICING FUEL ADDITIVE AVBL.
100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS, ARNG BFR 0000Z HRS AT 276-628-6030 OR 276-274-4040. THERE IS A FEE CTC FBO. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 6/24
| Dimensions: | 5500 x 75 ft. / 1676 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in fair condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
| Latitude: | 36-40.925613N | | 36-41.431990N |
| Longitude: | 082-02.553707W | | 082-01.620338W |
| Elevation: | 2062.8 ft. | | 2087.5 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 061 magnetic, 056 true | | 241 magnetic, 236 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.25 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | | | ODALS: omnidirectional approach lighting system |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | LOC/DME |
| Obstructions: | 151 ft. tree, 4032 ft. from runway, 255 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear | | 81 ft. tree, 2166 ft. from runway, 429 ft. right of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | VA HIGHLANDS ARPT AUTHORITY
PO BOX 631
ABINGDON, VA 24212
Phone 276-628-2909 |
| Manager: | MICKEY HINES
PO BOX 631
ABINGDON, VA 24212
Phone 276-628-2909 |
Additional Remarks
| A96 | ULTRALIGHTS ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | WILDLIFE INVOF ARPT. |
| - | WHEN TRI CITIES APCH CLSD, FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 06 | |
download (215KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 24 | |
download (271KB) |
| LOC RWY 24 | |
download (284KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (168KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (366KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6A4 - Johnson County Airport (19 nm SE)
0A9 - Elizabethton Municipal Airport (20 nm S)
KTRI - Tri-Cities Airport (22 nm SW)
KJFZ - Tazewell County Airport (25 nm NE)
KLNP - Lonesome Pine Airport (30 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by S. Quilty
Taken in October 2024
looking east.
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 10-Dec-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:02 | | 12:02 |
| Sunrise | | 07:31 | | 12:31 |
| Sunset | | 17:11 | | 22:11 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:40 | | 22:40 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 11-Dec-2025 03:58:53 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 10-Dec-2025 22:58:53 |
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| METAR |
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| KVJI | 110335Z AUTO 31011G24KT 7SM -SN BKN023 BKN033 OVC040 01/M01 A2975 RMK AO2
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KTRI
21nm SW | 101727Z 1018/1118 24015G25KT P6SM SCT040 BKN100 FM102100 25012G22KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 TEMPO 1021/1101 4SM -SHRA BR OVC020 FM110400 26010G18KT P6SM -SHSN OVC025 PROB30 1104/1110 3SM -SHSN OVC015 FM111600 27010KT P6SM BKN035
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