Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field
MGW · KMGW · Morgantown, West Virginia · Monongalia County · map
Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Morgantown, 3 miles east of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1,244 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,199 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 23 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 59,183 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7,596 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
Its FAA code is MGW, and its ICAO code is KMGW.
Where is Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
It is 3 miles east of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1,244 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,199 feet long, asphalt.
Does Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Washington Dulles International, Chicago O'Hare International, Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field, Salina Regional, Boca Raton. Every route
Are there flight schools at Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Jag Flying Club INC and Morgantown Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field?
2 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MGW · ICAO KMGW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Morgantown
- Elevation
- 1,244 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 12:00 am; weekends, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,199 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.1 | Morgantown |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Morgantown |
| Approach and departure | 121.15 | Morgantown |
| Mgw and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 | |
| Belmont and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.95 | Morgantown |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 304-371-2021.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aerial surveying
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport (22 nm northeast), North Central West Virginia Airport (25 nm southwest), Garrett County (27 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in West Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; runway end identifier lights runway 36; VASI runway 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft 5000 pounds and over.
- Be alert: possibility of turbulence in the vicinity of power plant stacks 3.6 miles north of afld durg cold weather.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 667 departures from MGW in those twelve months, carrying 14,860 passengers in 33,271 seats (45% filled), to 10 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 10 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 22 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 59,183, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 34 |
| air taxi and commuter | 26,696 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,303 |
| general aviation, local | 16,833 |
| military | 1,317 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Morgantown from the FAA register
50 aircraft are registered to owners in Morgantown, West Virginia: 39 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 balloons, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Jag Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Morgantown
- Morgantown Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Morgantown
- Rsa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Morgantown RSA Flight Training is a flight school in Morgantown, West Virginia that offers private pilot certificate training, advanced training including instrument and commercial ratings, and aircraft rentals.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 11 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Finleyville, PA (36 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · [email protected]
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (42 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · [email protected]
All 27 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Morgantown 50 aircraft · 39 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 balloons
- Local Flight Adventures LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Kimber 123 Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jag Flying Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Jag Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Morgantown Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Rsa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 344 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 313 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field (MGW) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Salina Regional (SLN) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Boca Raton (BCT) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Akron-Canton Regional (CAK) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Bishop International (FNT) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Lancaster (LNS) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in West Virginia 423 since 1982 · 53 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in West Virginia 32 landing places
- West Virginia 886 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MGW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.