# Braxton County Airport (48I)

**Braxton County Airport** (FAA: 48I) is a small airport in Sutton, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Oct 1937. It has one runway, 3,995 ft (1,218 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k48i

## At a glance

- FAA: 48I
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sutton, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Oct 1937
- Elevation: 1,276 ft / 389 m
- Coordinates: 38.6870, -80.6518
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,995 ft / 1,218 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34959941
- Weather station: K48I
- Ident: K48I

## Timeline

- Oct 1937: Braxton County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,995 ft / 1,218 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 008° / 188° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,995 ft / 1,218 m | =9,995 of 29,858 | =4,159 in North America | =3,489 in US |
| Elevation | 1,276 ft / 389 m | #14,153 of 43,403 | #6,113 in North America | #4,740 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 121.150 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

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## 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/k48i/data