Grant County Airport (West Virginia) Explained

Grant County Airport
Iata:PGC
Faa:W99
Type:Public
Owner:Grant County Airport Authority
City-Served:Petersburg, West Virginia
Elevation-F:963
Elevation-M:294
Coordinates:38.995°N -79.1458°W
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:14,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:24
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grant County Airport is a public use airport in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. 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. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

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).

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.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122657/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . October 27, 2012 .

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