Wallops Flight Facility Airport traffic pattern

Pattern altitude at Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL · KWAL) is 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) by the standard convention — none is published for this field, and every runway end is standard left traffic.

All of Wallops Flight Facility Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Pattern diagram

Drawn to scale from the FAA NASR runway alignments and the per end right traffic flags — pick a runway to see its pattern. Live wind picks the favored runway when KWAL reports it.

RWY 10LEFT traffic

Heading: 101° mag · 090° true
Dimensions: 8,005 × 200 ft
TPA: 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) · standard
Surface: ASPH-CONC
Lights: 4-light PAPI (left) (3°)
CTAF: 126.5

More details — RWY 10

Threshold elev: 19 ft
Markings: nonprecision
Threshold crossing height: 69 ft
TDZ elevation: 38 ft
End lights: REIL

Condition: Good. Edge lights: High. Weight bearing: Single wheel 57k, Double wheel 115k, Dual tandem 225k.

Pattern side: FAA NASR · TPA standard 1,000 ft AGL (not charted) · layout: FAA runway-end coordinates

Pattern direction by runway

Runway	Pattern	Heading	Pattern altitude
04	Left traffic	043° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
22	Left traffic	223° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
10	Left traffic	101° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
28	Left traffic	281° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
17	Left traffic	169° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
35	Left traffic	349° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)

No pattern altitude is published for KWAL; the figure above is the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention for propeller aircraft, rounded to the field. Turbine aircraft normally fly 1,500 ft AGL. Headings are the runway alignment; downwind is the reciprocal.

Flying the pattern at KWAL

Wallops Flight Facility Airport is towered, working 126.5. Contact the tower before entering the surface area and fly the pattern you are assigned — the directions below are the charted default when no instruction is given.

All ends are left traffic, which is the FAR 91.126 default — turns to the left unless the field charts otherwise. The full entry procedure is here →

Frequently asked

What is the traffic pattern altitude at KWAL?

Wallops Flight Facility Airport has no traffic pattern altitude published in the FAA NASR data. The AC 90-66B convention for propeller aircraft is 1,000 ft AGL, which works out to roughly 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) here — but confirm it against the Chart Supplement before you fly, since a field can have a non standard pattern altitude that NASR does not carry.

Does KWAL have right traffic?

No. All 6 runway ends at Wallops Flight Facility Airport use standard left traffic, so no right pattern is charted here.

Do I fly a standard pattern at KWAL?

Wallops Flight Facility Airport is towered (126.5), so the pattern shown here is the charted default — but the controller's instruction overrides it. Expect straight in approaches, base entries and midfield crossings as traffic dictates.

More about KWAL

Pattern direction and alignment are drawn from the FAA NASR (28-day cycle); the diagram is generated, not an FAA chart. Pattern altitude is shown as published where NASR carries one, otherwise as the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention. For planning and education only; always verify against the Chart Supplement.