Upshur County Regional
W22 · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Upshur County · map
Upshur County Regional is a public-use airport, 2 miles west of Buckhannon, West Virginia, 1,635 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W22
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,635 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1998
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: trees 42 ft high 1,175 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 311 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.15 | |
| W22 and aWOS-3 | 119.975 | |
| Elkins and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 304-472-9428.
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 Buckhannon from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Buckhannon, West Virginia: 9 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 8 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport phys ads: 630 airport road, Buckhannon, WV.
- Airport authority president, the microphone ruffing.
- 20 feet trees, 311 feet dstc, 138 feet L.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.