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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: West Virginia International Yeager (10 nm north), Logan County (29 nm southwest), Raleigh County Memorial (32 nm southeast), Boggs Field (37 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: West Virginia International Yeager (10 nm north), Logan County (29 nm southwest), Summersville Airport (31 nm east), Raleigh County Memorial (32 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Schedule transportation between Island and shore not available.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chesapeake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chesapeake, WV as the owner's town.
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:
- Islanders Flying Club 1 aircraft · Charleston, 11 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in West Virginia 423 since 1982 · 53 in the last ten years
- Islanders Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/WV08.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.