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📍 Philippi⬆ 1,755 ft1 runways
K79D ·

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport

39.16620°N
-80.06260°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 23.1%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 40.0%

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

From KCKB, 13 mi away (K79D does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
6 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCKB 191753Z 01006KT 10SM CLR 18/M05 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP291 T01781050 10178 20000 58024

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
98% of ops
42 land · 0 TO
26
2% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 98% of operations (42 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 2%.

Approach quality

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

08 42 landings
UA 0%
26 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 42 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
2.0
flights/day · 59 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.5 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 51 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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