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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (7 nm northeast), Jackson County (24 nm southwest), Boggs Field (29 nm south), Ohio University Airport (31 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (7 nm northeast), Jackson County (24 nm southwest), Morgan County (26 nm northwest), Boggs Field (29 nm south).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in West Virginia.
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:
- River Town Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Williamstown, 10 miles away River Town Aviation is a flight school based in Williamstown, West Virginia, with a second location in South Charleston.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Parkersburg 13 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 piston twins
- River Town Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in West Virginia 423 since 1982 · 53 in the last ten years
- 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/WV73.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 30, 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.