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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,300 × 25 ft | Grass, 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Greenbrier Valley Airport (18 nm northeast), Raleigh County Memorial (21 nm west), Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (32 nm southeast), New River Valley Airport (33 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Greenbrier Valley Airport (18 nm northeast), Raleigh County Memorial (21 nm west), Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (32 nm southeast), New River Valley Airport (33 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
- Runway 28 25 feet pole wires 170 feet from threshold 120 feet R.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pence Springs from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Pence Springs, WV as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/WV77.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.