Wheeling Ohio County Airport

Wheeling Ohio County Airport (IATA: HLG, ICAO: KHLG, FAA LID: HLG) is a public airport serving Wheeling and Ohio County, WV. It is eight miles (13 km) northeast of downtown Wheeling and is owned by the Ohio County Commission.[1][2]

Wheeling Ohio County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerOhio County Commission
ServesWheeling, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL1,194 ft / 364 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
16/34 4,499 1,371 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations27,574
Based aircraft31

The first passenger airline flights were TWA and Capital DC-3s in 1947; All American Airways arrived in 1949. Lake Central arrived at the beginning of 1961 and TWA and Capital left that year. Allegheny was replaced by Allegheny Commuter in 1969-70 and Wheeling lost all service ten years later.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,000 acres (405 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 5,002 x 150 ft. (1,525 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 4,499 x 150 ft. (1,371 x 46 m).[1]

In the year ending July 15, 2004 the airport had 52,832 aircraft operations, average 144 per day: 53% general aviation, 45% military and 2% air taxi. 64 aircraft are based at this airport: 47% single engine, 19% ultralights, 19% military, 13% multi-engine and 3% jet.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for HLG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. MapQuest map showing airport in Ohio and Brooke counties. Retrieved 2007-10-09.


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