List of airports in West Virginia
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This is a list of airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
s in West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
(a U.S. state
U.S. state
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), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
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or airports assigned an IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
airport code.
Airports
This list contains the following information:- City served - The city generally associated with the airport, as per the airport's master record with the Federal Aviation AdministrationFederal Aviation AdministrationThe Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve. It is not meant to be a complete list of cities served, which can be found in or added to each airport's Wikipedia article.
- FAA - The location identifierLocation identifierA location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport AssociationInternational Air Transport AssociationThe International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
(IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
- ICAO - The location indicatorInternational Civil Aviation Organization airport codeThe ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...
assigned by the International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationThe International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO).
- Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
- Role - One of four FAA airport categoriesFAA airport categoriesThe United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...
, as per the 2009-2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport SystemsNational Plan of Integrated Airport SystemsThe National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. It is developed and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration . Its purposes are:* to identify all the airports in the U.S...
(NPIAS) Report and updated based on FAA Passenger Boarding Data for calendar year 2008:- P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
- CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
- R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
- GA: General AviationGeneral aviationGeneral aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
- P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar yearCalendar yearGenerally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...
2008, as per FAA records.
| City served | FAA | IATA | ICAO | Airport name | Role | Enpl. |
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| Charleston Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early... |
CRW | CRW | KCRW | Yeager Airport Yeager Airport Yeager Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Charleston, a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority... |
P-N | 243,793 |
| Clarksburg Clarksburg, West Virginia Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area... |
CKB | CKB | KCKB | North Central West Virginia Airport (was Harrison-Marion Regional) | P-N North Central West Virginia Airport is listed as a commercial service - non-primary airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a commercial service - primary airport based on 2008 enplanements. | 10,344 |
| Huntington Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at... |
HTS | HTS | KHTS | Tri-State Airport Tri-State Airport Tri-State Airport , also known as Milton J. Ferguson Field, is a public-use airport in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Huntington, West Virginia, near the cities of Ceredo and Kenova... (Milton J. Ferguson Field) |
P-N | 83,531 |
| Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area... |
MGW | MGW | KMGW | Morgantown Municipal Airport Morgantown Municipal Airport Morgantown Municipal Airport , also known as Walter L. Bill Hart Field, is a public-use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Morgantown, in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Morgantown... (Walter L. Bill Hart Field) |
P-N Morgantown Municipal Airport is listed as a commercial service - non-primary airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a commercial service - primary airport based on 2008 enplanements. | 10,630 |
| Commercial Service - Non-Primary Airports | ||||||
| Beckley Beckley, West Virginia Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House... |
BKW | BKW | KBKW | Raleigh County Memorial Airport Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport - External links :* at West Virginia Airport Directory... |
CS | 3,630 |
| Lewisburg Lewisburg, West Virginia Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,830 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Greenbrier County.-Geography:Lewisburg is located at .... |
LWB | LWB | KLWB | Greenbrier Valley Airport Greenbrier Valley Airport Greenbrier Valley Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles north of the central business district of Lewisburg, a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Greenbrier County Airport Authority.... |
CS Greenbrier Valley Airport is listed as a commercial service - primary airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a commercial service - non-primary airport based on 2008 enplanements. | 7,153 |
| Parkersburg Parkersburg, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing... |
PKB | PKB | KPKB | Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport , also known as Wood County Airport or Gill Robb Wilson Field, is a public airport located six miles northeast of the central business district of Parkersburg, a city in Wood County, West Virginia, USA... |
CS | 5,275 |
| Reliever Airports | ||||||
| Martinsburg Martinsburg, West Virginia Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 census; according to a 2009 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,117, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest... |
MRB | MRB | KMRB | Eastern WV Regional Airport Eastern WV Regional Airport Eastern WV Regional Airport , also known as Shepherd Field, is a joint civil-military public airport located four miles south of the central business district of Martinsburg, a city in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA.... (Shepherd Field) |
R | 21 |
| General Aviation Airports | ||||||
| Bluefield Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography & Climate:... |
BLF | BLF | KBLF | Mercer County Airport | GA | 9 |
| Buckhannon Buckhannon, West Virginia Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,725 at the 2000 census. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival,... |
W22 | Upshur County Regional Airport | GA | 3 | ||
| Elkins Elkins, West Virginia Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County... |
EKN | EKN | KEKN | Elkins-Randolph County Airport (Jennings Randolph Field) | GA | 7 |
| Fairmont Fairmont, West Virginia Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census... |
4G7 | Fairmont Municipal Airport (Frankman Field) | GA | |||
| Logan Logan, West Virginia Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Logan County.-History:... |
6L4 | Logan County Airport Logan County Airport (West Virginia) Logan County Airport is a public airport located four miles east of the central business district of Logan, a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Logan County Airport Authority.- Facilities and aircraft :... |
GA | |||
| Moundsville Moundsville, West Virginia Moundsville is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,998 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall County. The city was named for the Grave Creek Mound. Moundsville was settled in... |
MPG | KMPG | Marshall County Airport Marshall County Airport (West Virginia) Marshall County Airport is a public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Moundsville, a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The airport is owned by the Marshall County Commission.Although most U.S... |
GA | ||
| Petersburg Petersburg, West Virginia Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:... |
W99 | PGC | Grant County Airport | GA | 1 | |
| Philippi Philippi, West Virginia Philippi is a city in — and the county seat of — Barbour County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 2,870 at the 2000 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi, known as "The Philippi Races"... |
79D | Philippi-Barbour County Regional Airport | GA | |||
| Pineville Pineville, West Virginia Pineville is a town in Wyoming County, West Virginia, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 715 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wyoming County.-History:Pineville was settled by William Short in 1853.... |
I16 | Wyoming County Airport (Kee Field) | GA | |||
| Point Pleasant Point Pleasant, West Virginia Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census... |
3I2 | Mason County Airport | GA | 2 | ||
| Ravenswood Ravenswood, West Virginia Ravenswood is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 4,031 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ravenswood is located at , along the Ohio River at the mouth of Sandy Creek.... |
I18 | Jackson County Airport Jackson County Airport (West Virginia) Jackson County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located six nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Ravenswood, in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :... |
GA | |||
| Summersville Summersville, West Virginia Summersville is a town in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,194 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Nicholas County.-Geography:... |
SXL | KSXL | Summersville Airport (Gerald L. Rader Field) | GA | ||
| Sutton Sutton, West Virginia Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia. Interstate 79, a major north-south route, connects with Appalachian... |
48I | Braxton County Airport | GA | 3 | ||
| Wheeling Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
HLG | HLG | KHLG | Wheeling - Ohio County Airport Wheeling Ohio County Airport Wheeling Ohio County Airport is a public airport serving the city of Wheeling and Ohio County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located eight miles northeast of the central business district of Wheeling and the northern portion of the airport situated in Brooke County, southeast of Short... |
GA | 24 |
| Williamson Williamson, West Virginia Williamson is a city in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA, along the Tug Fork River. The population was 3,414 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mingo County, and is the county's largest and most populous city. Williamson is home to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College... |
4I0 | Mingo County Airport | GA | |||
| Other Public Use Airports (not listed in NPIAS) | ||||||
| Arthurdale Arthurdale, West Virginia Arthurdale is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Arthurdale was named for Richard Arthur, former owner of the land on which it was built, who had sold the land to the federal government under a tax default.... |
70D | Titus Field | ||||
| Berkeley Springs Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia Bath is a town in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Morgan County. The town is incorporated as Bath, but it is often referred to by the name of its post office, Berkeley Springs. The population of the town was 663 according to the 2000 United States... |
W35 | Potomac Airpark | ||||
| Huntington Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at... |
I41 | Robert Newlon Field | ||||
| Leon Leon, West Virginia Leon is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 132 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:The Gen... |
W07 | Leon Airport | ||||
| Milton Milton, West Virginia Milton is a town in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2000 census.Milton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649... |
12V | Ona Airpark | ||||
| New Cumberland New Cumberland, West Virginia New Cumberland is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, USA, along the Ohio River. It is the county seat and is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,099 as of the 2000 census.-History:... |
7G1 | Herron Airport | ||||
| New Martinsville New Martinsville, West Virginia New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,984 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wetzel County.-Geography:New Martinsville is located at .... |
75D | P.W. Johnson Memorial Airport | ||||
| Philippi Philippi, West Virginia Philippi is a city in — and the county seat of — Barbour County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 2,870 at the 2000 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi, known as "The Philippi Races"... |
9W3 | Simpson Airport | ||||
| Richwood Richwood, West Virginia Richwood is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,477 at the 2000 census. A former coal and lumber boom town, the city's population once flirted with 10,000 but the closure of many underground coal mines caused many of Richwood's residents to leave the state... |
3I4 | Richwood Municipal Airport | ||||
| Shinnston Shinnston, West Virginia Shinnston is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, along the West Fork River. The population was 2,295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shinnston is located at .... |
6W0 | Wade F. Maley Field | ||||
| Spencer Spencer, West Virginia Spencer is a city in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,352 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Roane County. Spencer is the home of the annual West Virginia Black Walnut Festival. Points of interest include Charles Fork Lake, Chrystal Water and Power... |
USW (was 14P) |
KUSW | Boggs Field | |||
| Welch Welch, West Virginia Welch is a city located in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The population was 2,406 at the 2010 census. Incorporated as a city in 1893, it is the county seat of McDowell County.-History:... |
I25 | Welch Municipal Airport | ||||
| Wiley Ford Wiley Ford, West Virginia Wiley Ford is a census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States and part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'... / Cumberland, MD Cumberland, Maryland Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a... |
CBE | CBE | KCBE | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Greater Cumberland Regional Airport is a public airport located in the town of Wiley Ford in Mineral County, West Virginia. It is two miles south of the larger city of Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland... Greater Cumberland Regional Airport is located in West Virginia, but the FAA considers this airport as serving the nearby larger city of Cumberland, Maryland. |
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| Other Military Airports | ||||||
| Kingwood Kingwood, West Virginia Kingwood is a town in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Kingwood was founded in 1815... |
3G5 | Dawson Army Airfield (at Camp Dawson) | ||||
| Notable Private-Use Airports | ||||||
| Glendale | WV66 | GWV | Glendale Fokker Field | |||
| Pence Springs Pence Springs, West Virginia Pence Springs is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along the Greenbrier River to the east of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. Its elevation is 1,539 feet , and it is located at... |
WV77 | Hinton-Alderson Airport Hinton-Alderson Airport Hinton-Alderson Airport is a private-use airport located in Pence Springs, West Virginia, between the larger communities of Hinton and Alderson. The airport is privately owned by Ruth Tolley Gwinn.- Facilities :... |
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| Weston Weston, West Virginia Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County, and home to the West Virginia Museum of American Glass.-History:... |
WV23 | Louis Bennett Field Louis Bennett Field Louis Bennett Field is a private-use airport located three miles north of the central business district of Weston, in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States... |
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| Notable Former Airports | ||||||
| Grafton Grafton, West Virginia Grafton is a city in, and county seat of, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 5,489 at the 2000 census. The only two national cemeteries in West Virginia are located in Grafton. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908; the city is the home to the International Mother's... |
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Roy Airfield | ||||
| Weirton Weirton, West Virginia Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411... |
Weirton Airport |
Footnotes:
See also
- Essential Air ServiceEssential Air ServiceEssential Air Service is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which, prior to deregulation, were served by certificated airlines, maintained commercial service. Its aim is to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service to these...
- West Virginia World War II Army AirfieldsWest Virginia World War II Army AirfieldsDuring World War II, the United States Army Air Force established numerous airfields in West Virginia for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers....
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#West Virginia