Newport News is served by one local and two regional airports. Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport is one mile from I-64 and no more than 15 minutes from any point in the City. Norfolk International Airport is no more than 45 minutes away from most Newport News locations. Richmond International Airport, near I-64 south of Richmond, can be reached within 50 to 75 minutes.
Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport
Location: Mid-city Newport News, one mile north of I-64.
Major Airlines: AirTran, Atlantic Southeast (Delta), USAirways Express
Cities with nonstop or direct flights: 7
Daily passenger flights: 48
Annual passenger volume: 592,092
Pounds of mail/freight: 80,667
Facilities: 8,000-foot nondirectional beam instrument approach runway can handle any size jet, including the jumbo C-5A military transport. New 115,000 square foot, ten-gate passenger terminal completed in the Fall of 1992. General aviation building complete with a pilots' lounge, corporate meeting rooms and full-service facilities.
Norfolk International Airport
Location: Norfolk, near Virginia Beach city line, one mile east of I-64.
Major Airlines: Air Tran Airways, Cape Air, Continental, Southwest, TWA, United Express, American, Delta, Northwest, United, USAirways
Cities with nonstop or direct flights: 33
Daily passenger flights: 188
Annual passenger volume: 3,464,246
Pounds of mail/freight: 72,435,677
Richmond International Airport
Location: Henrico County, five miles east of Richmond, one mile south of I-64.
Major Airlines: American, Delta, TWA, USAirways, Continental, Northwest, United
Cities with nonstop or direct flights: 19
Daily passenger flights: 170
Annual passenger volume: 2,360,418
Pounds of mail/freight: 117,350,544
Updated: 09.26.06 |