KW78
William M Tuck Airport
William M Tuck Airport (KW78) is a general-aviation airfield serving South Boston, Virginia. The field lies at 420 ft (128 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 4,011 ft (1,223 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Aaron Penston Field (1VA7), 7 nm ESE.
William M Tuck 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
- 420 ft (128 m)
- Coordinates
- 36.7100, -78.8480
- Serving
- South Boston
- Region
- Virginia
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways2 · longest 4,011 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,011 ft1,223 m | 75 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
| 05/23 | 2,700 ft823 m | 200 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.