Philippi/Barbour County Regional
79D · Philippi, West Virginia · Barbour County · map
Philippi/Barbour County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Philippi/Barbour CO. Arpt Authority, 2 miles northwest of Philippi, West Virginia, 1,755 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,275 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 4,010 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 79D
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Philippi/Barbour CO. Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 1,755 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,275 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 140 ft, tree 20 ft high 208 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 225 ft, gnd 156 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.15 | |
| Elkins and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,010, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Philippi from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Philippi, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided trees off the approach end of runway 26 are removed or trimmed to remain below 20:1 approach surface.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08; PAPI runways 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ext 2
- 24 hour. Self serve.
- 20 feet trees, 0-120 feet dstc, 45 feet L.
- 20 feet trees 0-30 feet dstc 50 feet R/L.
- Omnidirectional runway end identifier lightss.
- Approach ratio 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 30 feet trees, 0 feet dstc, 45 feet L.
- Approach ratio 0:1 at displaced threshold ovr 30 feet trees, 0 feet dstc 199 feet R, 245 feet L.
- 186 feet ridge approximately 3200 feet from threshold; 550 feet R.
- Runway 26 500 feet DROP-OFF 50 feet from threshold.
- Runway 08 150 feet DROP-OFF 112 feet from threshold.
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.