# Hinton-Alderson Airport (WV77)

**Hinton-Alderson Airport** (FAA: WV77) is a small airport in Pence Springs, West Virginia, United States. It opened in Oct 1938. It has one runway, 1,300 ft (396 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv77

## At a glance

- FAA: WV77
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pence Springs, West Virginia, United States
- Opened: Oct 1938
- Elevation: 1,520 ft / 463 m
- Coordinates: 37.6796, -80.7097
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,300 ft / 396 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://oncourseaviationllc.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton%E2%80%93Alderson_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3273845
- Weather station: KLWB
- Ident: WV77

## Timeline

- Oct 1938: Hinton-Alderson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,300 ft / 396 m | 25 ft / 8 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,300 ft / 396 m | =28,704 of 29,858 | =14,591 in North America | =13,052 in US |
| Elevation | 1,520 ft / 463 m | =11,842 of 43,403 | =5,128 in North America | =3,897 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [2WV5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2wv5.md) Willow Bend Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [WV30](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv30.md) Rainelle Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [WV10](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wv10.md) Peterstown Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [LWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwb.md) Greenbrier Valley Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [BKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkw.md) Raleigh County Memorial Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [23WV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/23wv.md) Bocamanu Airport · 28 mi / 45 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/wv77/data