8VG4
Buffalo Ridge Airport
Buffalo Ridge Airport (8VG4) is a general-aviation airfield serving Amherst, Virginia. The field lies at 660 ft (201 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 1,700 ft (518 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Timberdoodle Airport (93VA), 4 nm S.
Buffalo Ridge Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 660 ft (201 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.6055, -79.0169
- Serving
- Amherst
- Region
- Virginia
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways2 · longest 1,700 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 16 points 160° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,700 ft518 m | 50 ft | Grass | — |
| 10/28 | 1,200 ft366 m | 50 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.