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I love challenges, and this combines two of my main interests – aviation and travel. The Ambassador Program is amazing, and I found out about it by accident when I was hunting for another Airport Trading Card.
Below is a list of all stamp locations and where exactly you can find them. There are some notes about stamp locations on the Virginia Department of Aviation homepage, but only a fraction of the locations are listed on the website. There might be more stamp locations at some of the bigger airports listed below. If you have any additional information, please let me know and I will update the list.
Map
Below is a map with all the airport and museum locations. This will help you to get a better overview of how spread out the locations are, and which ones are close to you. You can add the map below to your Google Maps and show it as an overlay on your smartphone app or maps.google.com.
Museums
Air Power Park
This free exhibit features a lot of historic aircraft and spacecraft. Totally worth a visit and underrated. The stamp is located inside the small visitor center building.
Military Aviation Museum
The stamp can be collected during the operating hours of the museum. Ask at the admission counter, next to the gift shop, for the stamp and they will gladly help you out. It’s also a great place to visit and learn more about military aviation history.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (NASM)
Located at the information counter on the right past the main entrance and security checkpoint.
Admission is free but parking is $15. There are two exceptions. If you enter after 4 p.m. or stay less than 30 minutes you don’t have to pay for parking. The 30-minute time limit should be enough for you to run in and grab the stamp, but if you haven’t been here before you definitely should visit the museum. It’s one of the best in the country. I visited both locations, the one in Virginia and the museum in Washington. Both are so worth a visit.
National Museum of the Marine Corps
The stamp is located at the information counter just past the main entrance. Just ask any attendant there for the stamp and they will help you out.
Admission to the museum is free.
Science Museum of Virginia
The stamp is located at the guest services desk.
Shannon Air Museum
The entrance to the Shannon Air Museum can be found through Robin’s Nest Cafe inside the airport terminal building. Ask anyone from the cafe or in the museum gift shop for the stamp. Remember, right next door you can also get the stamp for Shannon Airport.
U.S. Army Transportation Museum
If you don’t have a military ID or base badge, please drive to the visitor center at the main gate and let them know you want to visit the museum. If you just type in the museum on Google Maps, it might route you to a side gate which you can’t use if you don’t have an acceptable ID for the base.
Virginia Air and Space Center
Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC) is the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. One of the best exhibits is the Apollo 12 Command Module that went to the moon.
The stamp is available at the ticket counter.
Virginia Museum of Transportation
The stamp is available at the ticket counter of the museum during business hours.
Airports
To claim your reward for the various levels (Bronze, Silver, and Gold) you must visit at least one airport in each region. This makes the challenge a little bit harder.
Region 1
Blue Ridge Regional Airport
The stamp is on the counter inside the terminal building. The building is open seven days a week from 08:00 to 17:00.
Grundy Municipal
Grundy Municipal Airport is currently closed, and no stamp is required. The airport should be already crossed out in your passport.
Lee County Airport
The stamp is on the counter inside the terminal building. Accessible 24/7 airside or with gate code.
Lonesome Pine Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. The building is open Monday – Saturday from 09:00 to 18:00.
Mountain Empire Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp. The airport is attended from Monday – Saturday from 08:00 – 18:00. You can call for after-hours service to get the stamp, which will be a charge for a person to come out.
New River Valley Airport
The stamp is on the counter inside the terminal building. Hours are available on the website.
Tazewell County Airport
The stamp is in the mailbox outside the terminal building. The mailbox is located on the west side of the building facing the ramp and hangars. It is mounted on top of an old telephone box.
Twin County Airport
The stamp is located in the flight planning room. Available 24/7 by flying in or with the UNICOM gate code.
Virginia Highlands Airport
At the counter inside the airport. Ask an employee for the stamp. The hours of operation listed on the website are 07:00 – 19:00 but might extend beyond that on certain days.
Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport
The stamp is inside the terminal building. Ask an employee for the stamp.
Region 2
Bridgewater Air Park
Available from Monday – Friday from 07:30 – 16:30 at the office reception of Dynamic Aviation. The building is on the far left of the parking lot.
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
At Signature Flight Support FBO not at the main passenger terminal. (See map). The stamp is located inside, just ask an employee. The Stamp is available 24/7.
Eagle’s Nest Airport
The stamp is located at the FBO building. This is the building right next to the gate. Ask a staff member inside for the stamp.
Front Royal-Warren County Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Terminal Hours: 09:00 – 16:00
Gordonsville Municipal Airport
The passport stamp is located in a mailbox next to the rusty fuel tank. When you take the road down towards the airport and runway, you will see the old and rusty fuel tank to your right. Next to it is a mailbox and inside is the stamp.
The stamp is available 24/7
Ingalls Field
The stamp is currently located in the temporary airport trailer terminal while the main terminal gets renovated. Available during business hours. If you are driving to the airport, avoid using Smith Creek Road. This is a tiny dirt road with awfully bad sections at times. Google Maps might send you that way. It’s better to use the official state routes to get to the airport.
Luray Caverns Airport
The stamp is currently available in the old terminal building. If you drive to the airport, call the airport phone number, and the agent on duty will open the gate for you. A new terminal is currently under construction (Status 2023-06-01).
New Market Airport
The stamp is in the metal box to the right of the FBO door. When you drive in, the FBO door will be on the opposite side of the building. The side which faces the runway. The door on the parking lot side gets you to the local skydivers. They also know about the stamp.
Orange County Airport
If you fly in, the stamp is in a clean mailbox on the steps up to the self-serve fuel pump. If you drive in, visit the airport during business hours and ask one of the staff members inside about the stamp.
Business Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
Roanoke Regional Airport
The stamp is located inside the Signature Flight Support FBO terminal not at the main passenger terminal. Ask an employee for the stamp.
The stamp is available 24/7.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
The stamp is in the Airport Building to the right not the Passenger Terminal Building.
Region 3
Culpeper Regional Airport
The stamp is located in the Airport Admin Building. Drive down State Route 677 until you see a sign with the airport name on it and drive this road all the way down towards the runway and you will see the airport admin building in front of you. The first building you see while driving up 677 is the Medivac building and they don’t have the ambassador passport stamp.
Leesburg Executive Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Manassas Regional Airport
The stamp is located inside the FBO building – App Jet Center. If you drive to the airport, it’s not the building that looks like the airport terminal building. It’s the building to the NW of it. Just check the signs on the street for FBO / App Jet Center.
Shannon Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Ask an employee for the stamp. The building is open daily from 08:00 – 17:00. Remember the Shannon Air Museum is right next door and if you arrive during their business hours as well, you can get two stamps here.
Stafford Regional Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Just ask any staff member for the stamp.
Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
The stamp is located inside the brand-new terminal building. It is really beautiful and worth a visit just by itself. Ask any staff member for the stamp.
Washington Dulles International Airport
Available at the Information Counter near baggage carousel #6. The counter is usually staffed throughout the day.
Reagan National Airport
There are multiple locations for the stamp.
Terminal 1: Travelers Aid Booth
Terminal 2: Travelers Aid Booth near the walkway to the Metro Station
Signature Flight Support FBO: Inside the FBO building.
Winchester Regional Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Region 4
Chesterfield County Airport
The stamp is located inside the terminal building on the counter. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Hanover County Municipal Airport
The stamp is at the counter inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Lake Anna Airport
The stamp is in the black mailbox next to the “Caution Active Runway” sign. The stamp is available 24/7.
Louisa County Airport
The stamp is located inside the FBO building. It sits on top of the counter facing the ramp. If you can’t find it, ask a staff member.
New Kent County Airport
The stamp is located inside the FBO building. Available during business hours (08:00 – 17:00)
Richmond International Airport
The stamp is located inside the Million Air FBO building. Ask any of the employees for the stamp.
Tappahannock-Essex County
The ambassador stamp is located inside the building. Ask an attendant for the stamp and they will stamp the passport for you.
Region 5
Blackstone Army Airfield – Allen C. Perkinson Municipal Airport
Available in the office of UAVpro. The office of UAVpro is in the brick building next to all the other white wooden buildings. There might be a second stamp at the office building, which is the white wooden building next to the tower building. It has an “Office” sign on it as well.
UAVpro is open Monday – Friday from 08:00 to 16:00.
Brookneal-Campbell County Airport
The stamp is located in the mailbox next to the gate to the ramp. There are two mailboxes. One airside and one landside. The stamp is available 24/7.
Crewe Municipal Airport
On the desk inside the terminal building. If the doors are unlocked, you can walk in and get the stamp.
Danville Regional Airport
At the counter inside the terminal building. Ask an employee for the stamp.
Dinwiddie County Airport
The stamp is at the counter inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Falwell Airport
The stamp is located in the office of the airport, which also is the U-Haul office. It’s best to call McLaren Corporation who run the aircraft maintenance facility and U-Haul truck sale. Phone: +1 434 845 8769
Don’t call the phone number of the airport manager listed on the outside of the buildings. The number goes to a completely different person who is not associated with the airport.
Farmville Regional Airport
The stamp is located in the back terminal building which is open 24/7. You can find the stamp on top of the vending machine in the main lobby of the back terminal building.
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Inside the FBO Terminal of Freedom Aviation. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
New London Airport
I was only able to take a picture of the gate and the airport sign. The official website states you can take a picture o the terminal building. However, there seems to be a new gate at the entrance road of the airport. I visited twice and the gate was always locked.
Smith Mountain Lake Airport
The stamp sits on the desk inside the terminal building. The easiest way to the entrance is from the ramp side and then follow the pathway between the white fence.
William M. Tuck Airport
On a desk inside the trailer terminal building. The airport is unattended, but the building seems to be unlocked most of the time.
Region 6
Chase City Municipal Airport
In Black Mailbox on the main building facing the runway. You can see the mailbox in the picture above.
Emporia-Greenville Regional Airport
Available during attendance hours of the airport. The stamp is at the counter inside the building.
Franklin Municipal Airport
The stamp is in the mailbox facing the apron of the airport. There is no fence, and you can walk to the mailbox from the parking lot. You can see the mailbox in the second picture above, next to the flower pot.
Lake Country Regional Airport (formerly Marks Municipal Airport)
The stamp is located in the small white shack next to the fueling station. The airport gate was open during my visit. The airport has a very short driveway, and you must pull past the gate if you arrive by car.
The actual FBO building you see in the picture above is the next exit down the street.
Lawrenceville-Brunswick Municipal Airport
The stamp is on top of a small desk near the front entrance. If the front door is locked, you can check if the back door is open.
Lunenburg County Airport
The stamp sits on the desk facing the apron. The airport is usually unattended. However, the FBO building might be unlocked.
Mecklenburg-Brunswick Regional Airport
The stamp is located at the counter inside the terminal building
Wakefield Municipal Airport
The stamp is near the sign-in book. When you walk into the terminal building from the parking lot, pass through the waiting area with the chairs and take the hallway to your right. You will see the sign-in book and stamp right in the corner.
Attendance is irregular. The doors were unlocked during my visit in the afternoon.
Region 7
Accomack County Airport
Available inside the airport terminal at the counter. Ask the attendant for the stamp.
Chesapeake Regional Airport
The stamp is available at the counter inside the terminal. Available during business hours.
Hampton Roads Executive Airport
The stamp is available inside the Terminal Building at the counter. Just ask any of the staff members for the stamp.
Attendance: 06:30 – 21:30 (check website for updates)
Hummel Field
The stamp is located in the small trailer office building next to the parking lot. Just ask anyone from the staff for the stamp.
Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
The stamp is located at the counter inside the terminal building. Ask a staff member for the stamp.
Attendance: 08:00-17:00
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Available at the counter inside Atlantic Aviation Terminal. If you drive in follow the signs for General Aviation.
Attendance: 04:00-22:00
Norfolk International Airport
The stamp can be obtained at the check-in desk of the Signature Flight Operations FBO. A new stamp arrived just a few days before Memorial Day of 2023. There are two check-in desks, one at the front and one near the ramp. The counter in the front was never staffed, just the one in the back, but you can certainly ask at either one. The stamp is available 24/7.
Suffolk Executive Airport
At the counter inside the Terminal Building. If the restaurant inside the airport is open, you can ask there as well, and they can help you out.
Airport Website
Restaurant Website
Tangier Island
Old Location
The stamp is available at Lorraine’s Seafood Restaurant. You can ask a waitress for the stamp. If they are new, they might not know but the stamp is at the counter near the cash register between the candy bars. Alternatively, you are supposed to be able to get it on weekends from the guy who is driving around with a golf cart to collect the landing fee or during the week at the Tangier Island Administration Building, which sits next to the airport. Your best bet is Lorraine’s.
New Location (Updated 2026-01-19)
Christian, a reader of the blog, contacted me with the new stamp location as he is currently working on completing his passport. It is now in the building next to the Swain Memorial United Methodist Church. See map below.
Williamsburg-Jamestown
The stamp is located inside the Terminal Building. Pass the restaurant waiter and stay to your right to get to the airport counter. Ask the attendant for the stamp. The restaurant is also a great place with amazing views of the airport.
Airport Website
Restaurant Website
Fly-ins
The fly-in stamps are available at airport events where the Virginia Department of Aviation is present. The Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida and EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin also qualify as the Department of Aviation will be on site to stamp passports.
Instead of a fly-in, you can do an additional museum to qualify. I visited all the museums either way, as I want to complete the passport and get all the stamps.
Safety Seminars
Just participate in any of the FAAST safety seminars online. Most of them are free of charge. You only need to sign up for an FAAST account. You don’t need to be a pilot so sign up for an account. Anyone can participate. I printed out the certificate you get. It comes with a small copy and a large version. I stapled the smaller copy into my passport to have it ready for review.
Questions and Comments?
If you have any questions regarding the locations or the program itself, I am more than happy to answer any questions. I would encourage everyone to leave a comment below as others might have the same question.
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