Elkins/Randolph County (Jennings Randolph Field)
EKN · KEKN · Elkins, West Virginia · Randolph County · map
Elkins/Randolph County (Jennings Randolph Field) is a public-use airport owned by Elkins-Randolph CO Rgnl Arpt Auth, 2 miles south of Elkins, West Virginia, 1,987 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 4,544 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KEKN · observed 3:51 pm EDT (19:51 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 2 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 100 feet IFR
- From Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility ¼ mile, fog, sky obscured at 100 feet LIFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 3 miles, mist, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
- 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 KEKN 061951Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 18/M01 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01831006 $
TAF KEKN 061720Z 0618/0718 00000KT P6SM SKC FM070600 00000KT 2SM BR SCT001 FM070800 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV001 FM071300 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC003 FM071400 22004KT 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 EKN · ICAO KEKN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Elkins-Randolph CO Rgnl Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,987 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,013 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,544 × 140 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 05/23 | 4,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 00X |
- Runway 14: tree 68 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 1,390 ft, trees 90 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 154 ft, trees 45 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, ant 258 ft high 2,135 ft from the end
- Runway 00X: LDA with DME
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.15 | |
| Ekn and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Elkins and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 304-591-9020.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Elkins from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Elkins, West Virginia: 8 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 · 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 daylight VFR only.
- Uncontrolled vehicles crossing runway 32 threshold.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and runway end identifier lights runway 23 - 122.9.
- All fueling 24HR self service.
- This runway exists to support the ouw lda/DME associated with this airport.
- 30 feet trees, 64-199 feet dstc, 248 feet R.
- 156 feet trees, 110 feet dstc, 220 feet L. 30 feet hangar, 0 feet dstc, 149 feet L.
- OMNI-DIRECTIONAL runway end identifier lights.
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway markings faded.
- PAPI NON-STD 5 degrees general aviation.
- 86 feet antenna, 850 from runway end 180 feet R, approach slope 11:1 to displaced 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.