Grant County Airport (West Virginia)

Grant County Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Grant County Airport Authority
Serves Petersburg, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL 963 ft / 294 m
Coordinates 38°59′42″N 079°08′45″W / 38.99500°N 79.14583°W / 38.99500; -79.14583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 14,000
Based aircraft 24

Grant County Airport (IATA: PGC[2], FAA LID: W99) is a public use airport in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.[1] It is located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Petersburg, West Virginia, and owned by the Grant County Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Grant County Airport covers an area of 188 acres (76 ha) at an elevation of 963 feet (294 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, and 13% glider.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for W99 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (PGC – City: Petersburg, Airport: Grant County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on October 27, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
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