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K79D ·

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport

39.16620°N
-80.06260°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

22m ago
Temp
42°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCKB 200353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/02 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP275 T00560022

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
93% of ops
42 land · 0 TO
26
7% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 93% of operations (42 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 7%.

Approach quality

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

08 42 landings
UA 0%
26 3 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
2.1
flights/day · 64 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.1 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 53 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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