Green Bank Observatory Airport
WV52 · Green Bank, West Virginia · Pocahontas County · map
Green Bank Observatory Airport is a private airport, 1 mile northeast of Green Bank, West Virginia, 2,710 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,500 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WV52
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,710 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 12: tower 451 ft high 2,175 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Green Bank from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Green Bank, 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
- Acknowledged for record purposes.
- Land by prior permission only.
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.