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Newport News-Williamsburg Airport (PHF) is, at its core, a public service and
economic powerhouse with a mandate to serve the community at-large in unique
and extraordinary ways. The Virginia Department of Aviation completed in late 2025
a state-wide study of airports’ contributions to the economy, including PHF’s
tremendous regional impacts. According to the study, in 2024 PHF supported 1,365
jobs and over $79 million in wages and benefits. Because of the tremendous
economic ripples it produces throughout the economy, the study valued its total
economic impact at over $264 million in 2024.
As Interim Director beginning in August 2025, and since appointment as Executive
Director in October 2025, each hour spent with staff stands as clear proof that “Team
PHF” energetically embraces its vital community responsibility. PHF remains
dedicated to upholding its widely-regarded reputation for providing the best
possible experience for our commercial air passengers -- even as it widens its
capabilities to create new, exciting and positive impacts to our entire region.
With the support of the City of Newport News, plus numerous regional and state
economic
development
partners,
PHF’s
revenue
and
economic
impact
diversification strategy took flight in 2025.The aviation and aerospace world is now
keenly aware of opportunities for high-tech, advanced manufacturing on over 300
immediately-available industrial acres with “Gold Coast” adjacency to a runway. PHF
is on the flight path toward creating more high-wage jobs and large-scale private
investment in our community. Keep us on your radar – greater economic impacts are
on the near horizon!
GREETINGS FROM OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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