# West Parkersburg Seaplane Base (WV38)

**West Parkersburg Seaplane Base** (FAA: WV38) is a seaplane base in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Jun 1981. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv38

## At a glance

- FAA: WV38
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Jun 1981
- Elevation: 582 ft / 177 m
- Coordinates: 39.2654, -81.5860
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35318960
- Weather station: KPKB
- Ident: WV38

## Timeline

- Jun 1981: West Parkersburg Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11W/29W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 500 ft / 152 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [PKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpkb.md) Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport · 9.6 mi / 15 km
- [ZZV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kzzv.md) Zanesville Municipal Airport · 50 mi / 80 km
- [CRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrw.md) Yeager Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [CKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kckb.md) North Central West Virginia Airport · 73 mi / 117 km
- [HLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khlg.md) Wheeling Ohio County Airport · 80 mi / 129 km
- [LCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klck.md) Rickenbacker International Airport · 81 mi / 130 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/wv38/data