Herold Airport
WV63 · Craigsville, West Virginia · Nicholas County · map
Herold Airport is a private airport, 1 mile north of Craigsville, West Virginia, 2,346 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NE/SW, is 1,450 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WV63
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,346 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE/SW | 1,450 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
Aircraft registered in Craigsville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Craigsville, 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
- Airport located in town at junction of sunrise 20 and sunrise 55.
- PLINE-M south end of runway unlighted.
- Non-standard BATTERY-POWERED LEAD-IN lights.
- Approach not used 43 feet pwr poles cross landing strip southwest end.
- Landing surface marked with reflectors mounted on 2 feet stakes.
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.