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Hinton-Alderson Airport

WV77 · Pence Springs, West Virginia · Summers County · map

Hinton-Alderson Airport is a private airport owned by James Tolley Estate Trust, 1 mile east of Pence Springs, West Virginia, 1,520 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 1,300 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA WV77
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
James Tolley Estate Trust
Elevation
1,520 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, irregular hours
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation
6W
In the FAA's files since
October 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/281,300 × 25 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 10: trees 35 ft high 40 ft from the end
  • Runway 28: trees on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Aircraft registered in Pence Springs from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Pence Springs, WV as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

2023-06-23ERA23LA275 · Aeronca 11Ac N9543E · accident · no injuries
2004-07-24NYC04CA180 · Cessna 182Q N24VV · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Runway 28 25 feet pole wires 170 feet from threshold 120 feet R.

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.