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K79D ·

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport

39.16620°N
-80.06260°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 33.3%

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 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

43m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCKB 210725Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/03 A3027 RMK T00300030 MADISHF

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
94% of ops
47 land · 0 TO
26
6% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 94% of operations (47 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 6%.

Approach quality

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

08 47 landings
UA 0%
26 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 47 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
2.4
flights/day · 73 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.1 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 58 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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