# Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (MGW / KMGW)

**Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field** (IATA: MGW, ICAO: KMGW) is a medium airport in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Jun 1938. It has one runway, 5,199 ft (1,585 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 29 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGW / KMGW
- FAA: MGW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Jun 1938
- Elevation: 1,244 ft / 379 m
- Coordinates: 39.6433, -79.9176
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,199 ft / 1,585 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 29,319 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.morgantownairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Municipal_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612650
- Weather station: KMGW
- Ident: KMGW

## Timeline

- Jun 1938: Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00479AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 20,957 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 19,898 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 10,570 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,996 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 12,896 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 6,079 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 12,996 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 14,745 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 13,892 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 15,887 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 29,319 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 140 mi / 226 km · United Express
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 447 mi / 720 km · United Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 29K (2025) | #2,302 of 3,974 | #536 in North America | #366 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,199 ft / 1,585 m | =6,016 of 29,858 | =1,986 in North America | =1,604 in US |
| Elevation | 1,244 ft / 379 m | #14,513 of 43,403 | #6,278 in North America | #4,888 in US |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 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 | CLARKSBURG APP/DEP | 121.150 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.675 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 125.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | ELKINS RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [CKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kckb.md) North Central West Virginia Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [AGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kagc.md) Allegheny County Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [LBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbe.md) Arnold Palmer Regional Airport · 51 mi / 83 km
- [EKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kekn.md) Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [HLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khlg.md) Wheeling Ohio County Airport · 53 mi / 86 km
- [PIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpit.md) Pittsburgh International Airport · 61 mi / 98 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: “Morgantown Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morgantown_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1365152530), revision of 20 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/kmgw/data