Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport
WBW · KWBW · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania · Luzerne County · map
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Luzerne, 3 miles north of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 544 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 3,375 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 56 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 33,125 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is WBW, and its ICAO code is KWBW.
Where is Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport?
It is 3 miles north of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 544 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 3,375 feet long.
Does Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 9 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 Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WBW · ICAO KWBW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Luzerne
- Elevation
- 544 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,375 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,193 × 100 ft | Asphalt and grass, good |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 120 ft high 2,286 ft from the end
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 672 ft, trees 94 ft high 1,107 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.3 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (6 nm northeast), Hazleton Regional (20 nm south), Pocono Mountains Regional (23 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 Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- +152 feet transmission lines 6000 feet from runway 25 thld 585 feet L marked with red spheres.
- Activate PAPI runway 07/25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency. Runway 07/25 preset low intst to activate higher intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 09/27 closed winter months.
- Runway 09/27 first 544 feet runway 27 asphalt, rmndr grass.
- Runway 09/27 marked with 3 feet white cones. Runway 09; displaced thld marked with three white cones each side.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 | 52 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 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 33,125, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 50 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| general aviation, local | 30,000 |
| military | 75 |
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 Wilkes-Barre from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Wilkes-Barre, PA as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- Bridget Vanscoy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Valley Aviation · Forty-Fort, PA (4 nm) · (570) 905-5301 · [email protected]
- Erik Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Honesdale, PA (30 nm) · (917) 620-0410 · [email protected]
- Randy Marlin Rickert private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Lehighton, PA (30 nm) · (610) 704-2987 · [email protected]
- Daniel Arenson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Lords Valley, PA (34 nm) · (503) 318-2343 · [email protected]
- Aram Basmadjian private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lehigh Valley Aviation Services · Allentown, PA (43 nm) · (760) 641-6214 · [email protected]
- John Albert Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allentown, PA (43 nm) · (610) 703-1842 · [email protected]
- Robert Armindo Miranda private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Orlandi Flight Center · Blairstown, NJ (43 nm) · (973) 670-6343 · [email protected]
- Christopher Calvert private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Milford, PA (44 nm) · (602) 738-4541 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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).
- 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.
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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,181 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WBW.json.
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 27, 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.