Cheat River Island Airport
56WV · Rowlesburg, West Virginia · Preston County · map
Cheat River Island Airport is a private airport, 1 mile sse of Rowlesburg, West Virginia, 1,410 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 56WV
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,410 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2023
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Garrett County (22 nm northeast), Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field (22 nm northwest), North Central West Virginia Airport (26 nm west), Elkins/Randolph County (Jennings Randolph Field) (28 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Philippi/Barbour County Regional (21 nm southwest), Garrett County (22 nm northeast), Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field (22 nm northwest), Fairmont Muni-Frankman Field (25 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in West Virginia · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rowlesburg from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Rowlesburg, West Virginia: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rowlesburg 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in West Virginia 423 since 1982 · 53 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in West Virginia 32 landing places
- West Virginia 886 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/56WV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.