Wade F Maley Field
6W0 · Shinnston, West Virginia · Harrison County · map
Wade F Maley Field is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Shinnston, West Virginia, 997 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,265 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6W0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 997 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1983
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,265 × 45 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: trees 80 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern, gnd on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Shinnston from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Shinnston, West Virginia: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 450 feet hill, 1/4 mile northeast.
- Approach runway 23 from northwest; depart runway 05 to northwest due to ridge northeast of airport.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 23: 15 feet DROP-OFF 10 feet from thld OB.
- Runway 05: 20 feet DROP-OFF 15 feet from thld OB.
- Runway 05/23, 20 feet pwr poles midpt of runway, 65 feet L and R of centerline.
- 400 feet ridge/trees 1100 feet from thld runway 23 0B.
- High terrain all quadrants.
- 15 feet DROP-OFF 45 feet from centerline full length both sides runway.
- Aircraft parked 55 feet west of runway centerline, approximately 1000 feet north of runway 5 end.
- Power plant - 2 stacks, 1979 above sea level, 1009 above ground level, 3 MI southwest.
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.