# Wheeling Ohio County Airport (HLG / KHLG)

**Wheeling Ohio County Airport** (IATA: HLG, ICAO: KHLG) is a medium airport in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Nov 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,002 ft (1,525 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HLG / KHLG
- FAA: HLG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Nov 1945
- Elevation: 1,194 ft / 364 m
- Coordinates: 40.1750, -80.6463
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,002 ft / 1,525 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling_Ohio_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7992309
- Weather station: KHLG
- Ident: KHLG

## Timeline

- Nov 1945: Wheeling Ohio County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 026° / 206° | yes |
| 16/34 | 4,499 ft / 1,371 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00650AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | =6,437 of 29,858 | =2,277 in North America | =1,868 in US |
| Elevation | 1,194 ft / 364 m | =15,124 of 43,403 | =6,586 in North America | =5,158 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | PITTSBURG APP/DEP | 118.650 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 127.375 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.750 |
| RDO | ELKINS RDO | 118.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

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- [BFP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbvi.md) Beaver County Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [MGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmgw.md) Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field · 53 mi / 86 km
- [CKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kckb.md) North Central West Virginia Airport · 65 mi / 104 km
- [LBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbe.md) Arnold Palmer Regional Airport · 66 mi / 106 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/khlg/data