West Virginia International Yeager
CRW · KCRW · Charleston, West Virginia · Kanawha County · map
West Virginia International Yeager is a public-use airport, 3 miles east of Charleston, West Virginia, 947 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 6,715 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCRW · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 2 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 100 feet IFR
- From Wed 5:00 am EDT (09:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility ½ mile, fog, a broken layer at 100 feet LIFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 5 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 300 feet MVFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCRW 062054Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/05 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02060050 56023 $
TAF KCRW 061720Z 0618/0718 00000KT P6SM SKC FM070700 00000KT 2SM BR SCT001 FM070900 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN001 FM071300 VRB03KT 5SM BR SCT003 FM071400 23004KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CRW · ICAO KCRW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 947 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,715 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,215 ft available for landing, pole 223 ft high 3,950 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), threshold displaced 500 ft, 6,215 ft available for landing, pole 136 ft high 4,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.6 | Charleston |
| Clearance delivery | 118.55 | Charleston |
| Ground | 121.8 | Charleston |
| Tower | 125.7 | Charleston |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace South; North | 119.2 | Charleston |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace North; East | 124.1 | Charleston |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 128.5 | Charleston |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Charleston |
| Charleston and rco | 122.2 | Charleston |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 304-202-1064.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Charleston from the FAA register
58 aircraft are registered to owners in Charleston, West Virginia: 36 piston singles, 11 helicopters, 6 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets. 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 · 26 since 1982, 6 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
- Prior to 1959.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Landing fee not applicable to based aircraft.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 328 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 23.
- Runway 23 military assault landing zone and precision instr markings.
- Fuel SERVICE-CAPITAL jet center contact 304-346--9977.
- SERVICE-FUEL: a++(military).
- Runway 23 engineered materials arresting system (emas) 328 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der.
- Military: misc: rescue and firefighting (ARFF) provided by usaf. Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) icao index 4/FAA index B.
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.