# Simpson Airport (9W3)

**Simpson Airport** (FAA: 9W3) is a small airport in Philippi, West Virginia, United States. It has one runway, 1,500 ft (457 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9w3

## At a glance

- FAA: 9W3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Philippi, West Virginia, United States
- Elevation: 1,960 ft / 597 m
- Coordinates: 39.0934, -80.0259
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 ft / 457 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35302469
- Weather station: KW22
- Ident: 9W3

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,500 ft / 457 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 ft / 457 m | =27,817 of 29,858 | =14,033 in North America | =12,508 in US |
| Elevation | 1,960 ft / 597 m | =9,114 of 43,403 | =4,126 in North America | =3,124 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [79D](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k79d.md) Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport · 5.4 mi / 8.7 km
- [W22](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw22.md) Upshur County Regional Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [WV70](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv70.md) Fairview Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [EKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kekn.md) Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [CKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kckb.md) North Central West Virginia Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [00WV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/00wv.md) Lazy J. Aerodrome · 20 mi / 32 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9w3/data