 Virginia has five major airports : Washington Dulles International and Reagan Washington National in Northern Virginia , both of which handle over 20 million passengers a year ; Richmond International ; and Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport and Norfolk International serving the Hampton Roads area . Several other airports offer limited commercial passenger service , and sixty @-@ six public airports serve the state 's aviation needs . The Virginia Port Authority 's main seaports are those in Hampton Roads , which carried 17 @,@ 726 @,@ 251 short tons ( 16 @,@ 080 @,@ 984 t ) of bulk cargo in 2007 , the sixth most of United States ports . The Eastern Shore of Virginia is the site of Wallops Flight Facility , a rocket testing center owned by NASA , and the Mid @-@ Atlantic Regional Spaceport , a commercial spaceport . Space tourism is also offered through Vienna @-@ based Space Adventures . 
