# Herold Airport (WV63)

**Herold Airport** (FAA: WV63) is a small airport in Craigsville, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Mar 1973. It has one runway, 1,450 ft (442 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv63

## At a glance

- FAA: WV63
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Craigsville, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Mar 1973
- Elevation: 2,346 ft / 715 m
- Coordinates: 38.3346, -80.6531
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,450 ft / 442 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61726737
- Weather station: K48I
- Ident: WV63

## Timeline

- Mar 1973: Herold Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE/SW | 1,450 ft / 442 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,450 ft / 442 m | =28,182 of 29,858 | =14,297 in North America | =12,764 in US |
| Elevation | 2,346 ft / 715 m | =7,452 of 43,403 | #3,480 in North America | #2,669 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [3I4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3i4.md) Richwood Municipal Airport · 5.3 mi / 8.5 km
- [KSXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksxl.md) Summersville Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [48I](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k48i.md) Braxton County Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [WV01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv01.md) Lee Massey Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [WV30](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv30.md) Rainelle Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [WV95](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv95.md) Stanger To Blue Waters Ultralight Flightpark · 27 mi / 44 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/wv63/data