Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport | |
Iata: | WBW |
Icao: | KWBW |
Faa: | WBW |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
City-Served: | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area (Wyoming Valley) |
Elevation-F: | 543 |
Coordinates: | 41.2972°N -75.8522°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | WBW |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
R1-Number: | 7/25 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,375 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 9/27 |
R2-Length-F: | 2,191 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt/Turf |
Stat-Year: | 2011 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 25,125 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 51 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport is a county-owned, public airport located in Forty Fort and Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. The primary airport of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP).
The airport was established in 1929. It came into the possession of Luzerne County in the 1940s.[2]
The airport covers 135 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 543 feet (166 m). It has two runways: 7/25 is 3,375 by 75 feet (1,029 × 23 m) asphalt; 9/27 is 2,191 by 100 feet (668 × 30 m) asphalt and turf.
In 2011, the airport had 25,125 aircraft operations, average 68 per day: 99.5% general aviation, 0.3% military and 0.2% air taxi. 51 aircraft were then based at the airport: 98% single-engine and 2% multi-engine.