Wheeling Ohio County
HLG · KHLG · Wheeling, West Virginia · Ohio County · map
Wheeling Ohio County is a public-use airport owned by Ohio CO Comsn, 8 miles northeast of Wheeling, West Virginia, 1,194 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HLG · ICAO KHLG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ohio CO Comsn
- Elevation
- 1,194 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm mon-fri; 10:00 am to 8:00 pm sat-sun
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1945
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 4,499 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 26 ft high 216 ft from the end
- Runway 21: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 468 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | Wheeling |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 125.275 | Wheeling |
| Ground | 121.75 | Wheeling |
| Class B airspace | 119.35 | Wheeling |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Wheeling |
| Hlg and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.375 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 304-277-3504.
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 Wheeling from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Wheeling, West Virginia: 12 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 9 since 1982, 2 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
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21 and 34; PAPI runway 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34; taxiway lights except taxiway a - the common traffic frequency.
- 15 feet brush, 0-199 feet dstc, 370 feet L, 260 feet R.
- 10 feet building 150 feet dstc, 250 feet R; 6 feet fence, 0-200 feet dstc, 0-500 feet L/F; 28 feet tree, 138 feet dstc, 408 feet L.
- Runway end identifier lights out of service indfly.
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.