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KWBW Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 FEBRUARY 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: WBW
Lat/Long: 41-17-50.3070N 075-51-08.0760W
41-17.838450N 075-51.134600W
41.2973075,-75.8522433
(estimated)
Elevation: 543.8 ft. / 165.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 12W (1990)
From city: 3 miles N of WILKES-BARRE, PA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 18644

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT PAPI RWY 07/25; MIRL RWY 07/25 - CTAF. RWY 07/25 PRESET LOW INTST TO ACTVT HIGHER INTST - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
ACTVT ROTG BCN - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WILKES-BARRE APPROACH: 126.3
WILKES-BARRE DEPARTURE: 126.3
WX ASOS at AVP (6 nm NE): PHONE 570-655-0748
WX AWOS-3 at HZL (20 nm S): 119.975 (570-459-4901)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LVZr291/7.5WILKES-BARRE VORTAC111.6010W
FJCr342/38.7ALLENTOWN VORTAC117.5010W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 3375 x 75 ft. / 1029 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 41-17.665447N41-17.995363N
Longitude: 075-51.369045W075-50.775940W
Elevation: 543.8 ft.542.9 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 066 magnetic, 054 true246 magnetic, 234 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none118 ft. tree, 2289 ft. from runway, 528 ft. right of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 2193 x 100 ft. / 668 x 30 m
RWY 09/27 FIRST 544 FT RWY 27 ASPH, RMNDR TURF.
Surface: asphalt/turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RWY 09/27 MKD WITH 3 FT WHITE CONES. RWY 09; DSPLCD THLD MKD WITH THREE WHITE CONES EACH SIDE.
Operational restrictions: RWY 09/27 CLSD WINTER MONTHS.
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 41-17.810765N41-17.890880N
Longitude: 075-51.463625W075-50.996723W
Elevation: 541.2 ft.542.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 089 magnetic, 077 true269 magnetic, 257 true
Displaced threshold: 672 ft.no
Markings: , in good condition, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 104 ft. trees, 1241 ft. from runway, 152 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 18:1 TO DTHR.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: COUNTY OF LUZERNE
200 N. RIVER ST.
WILKES-BARRE, PA 18071
Phone 570-825-1600
Manager: JIM SCROBOLA
2001 WYOMING AVE
FORTY FORT, PA 18704
Phone 570-288-3257

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 56
Single engine airplanes: 52
Multi engine airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 91/day *
91% local general aviation
9% transient general aviation
<1% military
<1% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 20 October 2022

Additional Remarks

+152 FT TRANSMISSION LINES 6000 FT FROM RWY 25 THLD 585 FT L MKD WITH RED SPHERES.
FOR CD CTC WILKES-BARRE APCH AT 570-655-2084.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 22 February 2024 at 0901Z to 21 March 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 07   download (239KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 25   download (252KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (149KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KAVP - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (6 nm NE)
9N3 - Seamans Field Airport (18 nm N)
KHZL - Hazleton Regional Airport (20 nm S)
KMPO - Pocono Mountains Regional Airport (23 nm SE)
22N - Jake Arner Memorial Airport (30 nm S)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 19-Mar-2024
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(UTC-4)
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Morning civil twilight06:4010:40
Sunrise07:0811:08
Sunset19:1423:14
Evening civil twilight19:4223:42

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  19-Mar-2024 10:24:09
Local (UTC-4)  19-Mar-2024 06:24:09
 
METAR
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190954Z AUTO 29010G15KT 10SM OVC045 M01/M08 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP086 T10061078
TAF
KAVP 
6nm E 
190534Z 1906/2006 26008KT P6SM -SHSN BKN050 FM190700 30009G16KT P6SM BKN035 FM192200 24008G16KT 4SM -SHSN BR OVC035 FM200100 23008G15KT P6SM OVC035
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

  
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 Contact 
 
 Services / Description 
 
Fuel Prices
 
Comments
  
Valley Aviation, Inc. 570-288-3257 Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, Flight training, Aircraft rental, Aerial tours / aerial sightseeing, ...

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Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
PS $5.85 $4.80 
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Colonial Pancake House 570-287-2462
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