Island Airport
WV08 · Chesapeake, West Virginia · Kanawha County · map
Island Airport is a private airport in Chesapeake, West Virginia, 600 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NW/SE, is 1,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WV08
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 600 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 1,800 × 200 ft | Grass |
- Runway NW: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway SE: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Chesapeake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chesapeake, WV as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Schedule transportation between Island and shore not available.
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.