Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field
MRB · KMRB · Martinsburg, West Virginia · Berkeley County · map
Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field is a public-use airport, 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia, 565 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 8,815 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives) and about 97 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 50,663 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
Its FAA code is MRB, and its ICAO code is KMRB.
Where is Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
It is 4 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia, 565 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 8,815 feet long, asphalt and concrete.
Does Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives.
Are there flight schools at Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Pikeside Flying Club INC and Aero Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field?
8 pilot examiners and 24 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 Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MRB · ICAO KMRB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 565 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1200-0400z++; ot by notam
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 8,815 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, 8,215 ft available for landing
- Runway 26: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,000 ft, 7,815 ft available for landing, tree 60 ft high 765 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.3 | Martinsburg |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Martinsburg |
| Clearance delivery When mrb tower closed | 132.075 | Martinsburg |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CLTCH) · Departure procedure (JDUBB) | 126.825 | Martinsburg |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Martinsburg |
| Mrb and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.925 | |
| Martinsburg and rco | 122.2 | Martinsburg |
| Hyper and star · Prtzl and star · Waynz and star arriving from headings 331 to 090 | 126.1 | Martinsburg |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 | Martinsburg |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 304-264-0988.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Winchester Regional (17 nm southwest), Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field (22 nm northeast), Leesburg Executive (28 nm southeast).
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
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 26; runway end identifier lights runway 08; PAPI runway 08 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for aircraft gtr than 5000 pounds gross weight (military, fed, state, based aircraft exempt).
- Pattern altitude: rectangular 1600 feet above sea level (1035 feet above ground level) light and rotary wing aircraft; 2100 feet above sea level (1535 feet above ground level) for hvy aircraft; overhead 2100 feet above sea level (1535 feet above ground level).
- See gen rmk for addnl WT brgs.
- Approach ratio 29:1 at dthr.
- Runway 26 first 590 feet concrete, middle 7125 feet asphalt, last 1100 feet concrete.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway B closed from fuel farm south.
- Addnl runway 08/26 WT brgs: 2S-175; 2D/D1-568; 2T-585; C5-840.
- Taxiway D closed past pvt hangar 1750 feet south of taxiway east.
- FAA rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index D/nfpa cat 8; index east/cat 10 equip available.
- Military: caution: bash phase II in effect from 1 oct to 30 apr.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 74 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 8 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,663, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,180 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,779 |
| general aviation, local | 23,571 |
| military | 6,133 |
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 Martinsburg from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Martinsburg, West Virginia: 23 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, 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:
- Pikeside Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Martinsburg
- Aero Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Stephenson, 14 miles away
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
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 24 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner, 9 administrative pilot examiners.
- Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aero Elite Flight Training · Winchester, VA (17 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · [email protected]
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (28 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · [email protected]
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (28 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Front Royal Warren County Airport · front royal, VA (32 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (40 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · [email protected]
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (40 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · [email protected]
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (40 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · [email protected]
- Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manassas Regional AIrport · Manassas, VA (46 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · [email protected]
All 56 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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 · 13 since 1982, 2 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 Martinsburg 25 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Tri State Aero INC 3 aircraft in town
- Pikeside Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Aero Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 2 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/MRB.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 30, 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.