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Fairmont Muni-Frankman Field

4G7 · Fairmont, West Virginia · Marion County · map

Fairmont Muni-Frankman Field is a public-use airport owned by Fairmont-Marion CO Reg Arpt Auth, 2 miles southwest of Fairmont, West Virginia, 1,032 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,965 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA 4G7
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Fairmont-Marion CO Reg Arpt Auth
Elevation
1,032 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation
9W
In the FAA's files since
September 1970

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0523N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
05/232,965 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 05: threshold displaced 720 ft, gnd 30 ft high 201 ft from the end
  • Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 201 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Clearance delivery118.35
Approach and departure121.15
Belmont and center (remote transmitter) Low126.95

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Aircraft registered in Fairmont from the FAA register

31 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairmont, West Virginia: 29 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in West Virginia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 fatal

2024-10-27ERA25LA025 · Piper Pa28 N926MK · accident · no injuries
2024-08-30ERA24LA366 · Mooney M20K N1005U · accident · serious injuries
2015-08-14ERA15CA317 · Ercoupe 415 C N93606 · accident · minor injuries
2009-09-19ERA09LA530 · Beech A36 N57S · accident · serious injuries
2009-06-14ERA09LA348 · Aeronca 7Ac N7544E · accident · serious injuries
2007-05-10MIA07CA096 · Piper Pa-28-180 N38730 · accident · no injuries
1988-03-21BFO88LA027 · Cessna 150L N6763G · accident · no injuries
1983-09-08ATL83LA359 · Grumman Aa-5B N28706 · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Radio towers approximately 300' above ground level 2 miles northeast and 2.5 miles northwest of airport.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 23; PAPI runway 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 5/23 - the common traffic frequency.
  • +30 feet hill 201 feet from thld 0B.
  • 12 feet trees, 199 feet dstc, 235 R.
  • Approach ratio O:1 at displaced thld ovr 6 feet fence, 0 feet dstc, 130 feet L. also 15 feet trees, 270 feet distc 70 feet L/R.
  • Also 15 feet trees, 270 feet dstcm 70 feet L/R.
  • Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Runway 23 has 100 feet drop off, northeast end.
  • Runway 5 has +30 feet hill at southwest end.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.