Newport News Williamsburg International Airport guide

Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport sits on the Virginia Peninsula in Hampton Roads, about nine miles northwest of Newport News. Nearly half of the airfield lies in York County. It was built after World War II on the site of Camp Patrick Henry, an embarkation port for soldiers, and was first named Patrick Henry Field. That history is why the code is PHF. Scheduled airline service began in 1949, and the airport took its current name in 1990.

Traffic peaked at about 1.06 million passengers in 2010 and 2011 and has since fallen sharply, to 431,077 in 2019 and 144,966 in 2023. American Eagle operates flights to Charlotte on behalf of American Airlines. Delta suspended its Atlanta flights in 2020 and Avelo ended its service in 2023. Norfolk International Airport, about 30 miles away by road, and Richmond International Airport, about 60 miles away, carry most of the region's airline traffic.

The airport has two runways: 7/25 is 8,003 feet of asphalt and 2/20 is 6,526 feet of concrete. The Peninsula Airport Commission, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, owns and operates it.