# Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS / KHTS)

**Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field** (IATA: HTS, ICAO: KHTS) is a medium airport in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It opened on 2 Nov 1952. It has one runway, 7,017 ft (2,139 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 219 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HTS / KHTS
- FAA: HTS
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Tri-State Airport Authority
- Serves: Huntington, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: 2 Nov 1952
- Elevation: 828 ft / 253 m
- Coordinates: 38.3667, -82.5580
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,017 ft / 2,139 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 219,381 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.tristateairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6588328
- Weather station: KHTS · WMO 72425
- Ident: KHTS

## Timeline

- 2 Nov 1952: Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field opens.
- 14 Nov 1970: Southern Airways Flight 932. 75 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 7,017 ft / 2,139 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 112° / 292° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00532AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 201,449 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 194,271 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 204,605 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 200,839 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 215,436 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 116,324 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 188,274 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 181,374 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 177,190 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 184,536 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 219,381 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [VPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvps.md) Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · United States · 590 mi / 949 km · Allegiant Air
- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 667 mi / 1,074 km · Allegiant Air
- [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 723 mi / 1,163 km · Allegiant Air
- [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 792 mi / 1,274 km · Allegiant Air
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 861 mi / 1,385 km · Allegiant Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 382 mi / 615 km · Allegiant Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HTS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 6

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 219K (2025) | #1,495 of 3,974 | #329 in North America | #219 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,017 ft / 2,139 m | #3,442 of 29,858 | #792 in North America | #596 in US |
| Elevation | 828 ft / 253 m | #20,840 of 43,403 | #9,691 in North America | #7,940 in US |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =2,673 in North America | =2,612 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 | HUNTINGTON APP/DEP | 119.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.200 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 118.050 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | ELKINS RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | HUNTINGTON TWR | 118.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrw.md) Yeager Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [KJKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjkl.md) Julian Carroll Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [BKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkw.md) Raleigh County Memorial Airport · 88 mi / 141 km
- [PKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpkb.md) Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport · 91 mi / 146 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Tri-State Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tri-State_Airport&oldid=1363100973), revision of 8 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/khts/data