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79D Philippi/Barbour County Regional Airport
Philippi, West Virginia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 79D
Lat/Long: 39-09-58.3480N / 080-03-45.2900W
39-09.972467N / 080-03.754833W
39.1662078 / -80.0625806
(estimated)
Elevation: 1780 ft. / 543 m (estimated)
Variation: 07W (1985)
From city: 2 miles NW of PHILIPPI, WV
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 26416

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1973
Sectional chart: CINCINNATI
Control tower: no
ARTCC: WASHINGTON CENTER
FSS: ELKINS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: EKN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTIVATE MIRL RY 08/26, PAPI RYS 08 & 26 & REIL RY RY 08 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at CKB (11 nm NW): PHONE 304-842-9240
WX AWOS-3 at W22 (14 nm SW): 119.975 (304-472-9428)
WX ASOS at EKN (19 nm SE): 119.275 (304-636-5603)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
CKBr123/10.9CLARKSBURG VOR/DME112.6004W
EKNr013/15.2ELKINS VORTAC114.2007W
MGWr207/25.2MORGANTOWN VORTAC111.6005W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
RANDOLPH COUNTY337/18.928407WRQY .-. --.- -.--
BRAXTON050/39.823406WJTM .--- - --

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 3275 x 60 ft. / 998 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in excellent condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no225 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
REIL RY 08 OMNI DIRECTIONAL.
no
Obstructions: 19 ft. tree, 200 ft. from runway, 135 ft. left of centerline
10 TO 20 FOOT TREES 0 FEET FROM RUNWAY END 125 FEET LEFT.
20 ft. tree, 200 ft. from runway, 140 ft. left of centerline
186 FT RIDGE APRXLY 3200 FT FM THLD; 550 FT R.
20 FOOT TREE 130 FEET FROM RUNWAY END 140 RIGHT OF CENTERLINE.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: 124 N. MAIN STREET
PHILIPPI, WV 26416
Phone 304-457-1225
PHILIPPI/BARBOUR COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
Manager: JOHN PRUSA
ROUTE #3 BOX 284-14
PHILIPPI, WV 26416
Phone 304-457-4372

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 22/day *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 09 August 2006

Additional Remarks

RY 26 500 FT DROPOFF 50 FT FM THLD 0B.
RY 08 150 FT DROPOFF 112 FT FM THLD 0B.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 79D.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCKB - North Central West Virginia Airport (11 nm NW)
W22 - Upshur County Regional Airport (14 nm SW)
4G7 - Fairmont Municipal Airport-Frankman Field (18 nm N)
KEKN - Elkins-Randolph County Airport-Jennings Randolph Field (19 nm SE)
KMGW - Morgantown Municipal Airport-Walter L. Bill Hart Field (29 nm N)
 
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From to 79D

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4009:40
Sunrise06:1010:10
Sunset20:2300:23
Evening civil twilight20:5300:53

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-May-2008 14:41:40
Local (UTC-4)  12-May-2008 10:41:40
 
METAR
KCKB 
11nm NW 
121353Z 04004KT 10SM -RA OVC037 08/05 A2970 RMK AO2 RAB16 SLP052 P0000 T00780050
KW22 
14nm SW 
121420Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM -DZ FEW008 OVC028 07/06 A2970 RMK A02 P000
KEKN 
20nm SE 
121351Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM -RA FEW007 OVC034 06/05 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP057 P0002 T00610050 TSNO
TAF
KCKB 
11nm NW 
121131Z 121212 30005KT 6SM -SHRA OVC025 TEMPO 1316 4SM -SHRA BR SCT008 BKN012 FM1700 01006KT P6SM OVC020 FM2300 33006KT P6SM OVC025 FM0300 35008KT P6SM BKN035 FM0800 01003KT P6SM SCT035
KEKN 
20nm SE 
121131Z 121212 30005KT 5SM -SHRA OVC025 TEMPO 1417 3SM -SHRA BR BKN008 FM1700 34005KT P6SM OVC017 TEMPO 1720 6SM -SHRA OVC012 FM2100 33006KT P6SM OVC022 FM0300 35008KT P6SM BKN030 FM0800 01003KT P6SM SCT035 FM1000 00000KT 4SM BR SKC
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