# Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport (79D)

**Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport** (FAA: 79D) is a small airport in Philippi, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Oct 1973. It has one runway, 3,275 ft (998 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k79d

## At a glance

- FAA: 79D
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Philippi, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Oct 1973
- Elevation: 1,755 ft / 535 m
- Coordinates: 39.1662, -80.0626
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,275 ft / 998 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61726784
- Weather station: KCKB
- Ident: K79D

## Timeline

- Oct 1973: Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,275 ft / 998 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 074° / 254° | yes |

- 08/26 slopes 1.3%: threshold 08 at 1,713 ft / 522 m, threshold 26 at 1,755 ft / 535 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,275 ft / 998 m | =14,608 of 29,858 | =5,718 in North America | =4,796 in US |
| Elevation | 1,755 ft / 535 m | #10,209 of 43,403 | #4,515 in North America | #3,404 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [9W3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9w3.md) Simpson Airport · 5.4 mi / 8.7 km
- [CKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kckb.md) North Central West Virginia Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [W22](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw22.md) Upshur County Regional Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [WV53](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv53.md) Larew Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [WV65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv65.md) Carr Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [18WV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/18wv.md) Lynn Airport · 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/k79d/data