Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional
LHW · KLHW · Fort Stewart (Hinesville), Georgia · Liberty County · map
Wright Army Airfield (Fort Stewart)/Midcoast Regional is a public-use airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency in Fort Stewart (Hinesville), Georgia, 47 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 06L/24R, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLHW · observed 2:55 pm EDT (18:55 UTC), 61 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 2,400 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLHW 061855Z 03009KT 10SM BKN024 25/20 A2997 RMK AO2A SLP151 T02480200 $
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 LHW · ICAO KLHW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 47 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1230-0400z++ m-f, except holidays.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runways 5
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 6,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15L/33R | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 06R/24L | 2,610 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | |
| 15R/33L | 2,520 × 100 ft | Asphalt, failed | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 06L: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 113 ft high 2,745 ft from the end
- Runway 33R: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 81 ft high 2,438 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.25 | Wright |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.475 | Wright |
| Ground | 121.7 | Wright |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 | Wright |
| Flt and flw · Operations Marne rdo | 127.35 | Wright · Operates H24. |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 | Wright |
| Ground-controlled approach | 134.65 | Wright |
| Base and operations · Pre-taxi clearance | 140.55 | Wright |
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Aircraft registered in Fort Stewart (Hinesville) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Stewart (Hinesville), GA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- When the control tower and marne rdo both closed, activate PAPI runway 06L and 33R; high-intensity runway lights runway 06L/24R and 15L/33R; taxiway a, B, C, and F - the common traffic frequency.
- Tower will open for josac missions, dsn 435-3103. When base operations closed, contact hunter base operations dsn 729-5110, see flip AP/1 flight haz and supplementary airport rmk.
- Runway 6R/24L closed indefinitely.
- Runway 15R/33L closed indefinitely.
- Right traffic runway 06L cats B C D and east.
- Runway 6R/24L markings badly faded.
- Runway 15R/33L markings badly faded.
- R/west aircraft pilots planning to conduct operates within R3005 must rcv a rng briefing prior to any operates. Briefing shall be accomplished at least 4 hours prior to flight on the reservation.
- NS abtmt: no ovft of cantonment area or city of hinesville below 1000 feet above ground level.
- Caution: extv R/west training minimum light sunset to sunrise. Contact tower prior to entering class D airspace. R3005 1.4 NM northwest of afld. Deer and pig haz.
- Misc: MOORING/TIE-DOWN straps not available.
- Unmanned aircraft act in class D.
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.