# Island Airport (WV08)

**Island Airport** (FAA: WV08) is a small airport in Chesapeake, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Mar 1967. It has one runway, 1,800 ft (549 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv08

## At a glance

- FAA: WV08
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chesapeake, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Mar 1967
- Elevation: 600 ft / 183 m
- Coordinates: 38.2206, -81.5288
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 ft / 549 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35267840
- Weather station: KCRW · WMO 72414
- Ident: WV08

## Timeline

- Mar 1967: Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 1,800 ft / 549 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,800 ft / 549 m | =26,165 of 29,858 | =12,889 in North America | =11,401 in US |
| Elevation | 600 ft / 183 m | =25,286 of 43,403 | =12,174 in North America | =10,147 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [CRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrw.md) Yeager Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [WV12](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv12.md) Mallory Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [27WV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/27wv.md) Kurt's Field · 23 mi / 37 km
- [WV95](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv95.md) Stanger To Blue Waters Ultralight Flightpark · 25 mi / 41 km
- [WV59](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv59.md) Fayette Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [WV01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv01.md) Lee Massey Airport · 27 mi / 43 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/wv08/data