Cell towers in Newport News city, VA

Who owns the towers in Newport News city

23 different registrants own the 44 structures. 3 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names this site withholds. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 156 feet, 43 feet shorter than the Virginia median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Newport News at 463 feet, built in 1986. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 1990s.

Every registered structure

Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.

If you have a tower lease in Newport News city

Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.

Counties in Virginia with similar tower counts: Campbell County (46), Albemarle County (45), Mecklenburg County (45), Pittsylvania County (43), Stafford County (42).

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.