Upshur County Regional Airport

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Upshur County Regional Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBuckhannon-Upshur
Airport Authority
Serves
Location630 Airport Road, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States
OpenedMay 1998
Time zone GMT-5 (UTC-5)
Elevation  AMSL 1,635.1 ft / 498.4 m
Coordinates 39°00′03″N080°16′37″W / 39.00083°N 80.27694°W / 39.00083; -80.27694
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W22
Location of Upshur County Regional Airport
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W22 (West Virginia)
Website www.flyw22.com
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Upshur County Regional Airport
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Direction LengthSurface
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11/294,2011,280Asphalt

Upshur County Regional Airport( FAA LID : W22) is a regional, public-use airport approximately 2 nautical miles outside the town of Buckhannon, Upshur County, in the United States. It lies directly along U.S. Route 48, and is also in close proximity to Interstate 79, which runs through neighboring Lewis County. In addition, it is close to U.S. Route 119, which also runs through the county in which the airport is based.

Contents

The airport was activated in May 1998, replacing a landing strip that had been in place before then, and has served as a general aviation facility ever since. [3]

History

Prior to the activation of the airport, the landing strip was used by West Virginia Wesleyan College as a pre-flight training facility for cadets during World War II. The airport was built on top of that very same landing strip, and was officially opened to the public during May 1998.

The airport currently works to accommodate a wide variety of aviation-based services throughout the entire region, including flights from the Civil Air Patrol, activities such as land surveying, as well as the transportation of mail and cargo by air. Additionally, the presence of the airport has become essential to the economy of the surrounding areas in recent years, creating over 10,000 jobs while also bringing other economic benefits. [4]

Facilities

The airport is located at an elevation of approximately 1,635 feet (roughly 498 meters). It currently has a single runway: 11/29, which is 4,201 x 75 ft. (1280 x 23 meters). It also has no control tower, and in the 12 months preceding July 13, 2021, had successfully conducted 10,000 local operations. [5]

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References

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