Wood County Heliport
WV73 · Parkersburg, West Virginia · Wood County · map
Wood County Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Parkersburg in Parkersburg, West Virginia, 608 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WV73
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Parkersburg
- Elevation
- 608 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Parkersburg from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Parkersburg, West Virginia: 8 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided 12500 pounds maximum gross weight; no IFR operations; clear 8:1 ingress/egress; obstruction lights on parking lot light poles and lighted windsock on corner of obstruction laundry building; removal and topping of obstructing trees on departure path.
- 24 hours
- Medical use.
- Marked with white cross and red H.
- 29 feet buildings 80 feet west; 43 feet poles 160 feet east; 45 feet lines 120 feet west.
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.