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KWBW · WBW

Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport

41.29720°N
-75.85120°W
ARR / DAY
1
88.9%
DEP / DAY
1
86.5%

Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (KWBW/WBW) is a small general aviation airport located in Wilkes-Barre, PA, 51 mi north of Allentown. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,375 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAVP, 7 mi away (KWBW does not publish METAR)

36m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAVP 262154Z VRB04KT 10SM BKN049 BKN060 27/16 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02720161

Runway intelligence

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

25
43% of ops
183 land · 100 TO
07
23% of ops
97 land · 31 TO
09
19% of ops
79 land · 0 TO
27
15% of ops
63 land · 13 TO
Runway 25 carries 43% of operations (183 landings, 100 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

25 183 landings
UA 3%
07 97 landings
UA 6%
09 79 landings
UA 0%
27 63 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 183 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
6.9
flights/day · 207 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 6.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.0 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (69% of 203 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.300
APCH 256.700
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
12° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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