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📍 Philippi⬆ 1,755 ft1 runways
K79D ·

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport

39.16620°N
-80.06260°W
ARR / DAY
1
33.3%
DEP / DAY
0
200.0%

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport (K79D) is a small general aviation airport located in Philippi, WV, 88 mi south of Pittsburgh. It features 1 runway measuring 3,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,200 FT MAX
08/26
3,200 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
91% of ops
64 land · 0 TO
26
9% of ops
6 land · 5 TO
Runway 08 carries 91% of operations (64 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 64 landings
UA 0%
26 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 64 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.0
flights/day · 30 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (0.9 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 121.150
APCH 284.650
ELKINS R 128.600
OTHER 128.600
ELKINS R 226.675
OTHER 226.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL
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