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K79D ·
Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport
39.16620°N
-80.06260°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲
160.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▲
0.0%
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 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KCKB, 13 mi away (K79D does not publish METAR)
Temp
65°F
Wind
3 kts
30°
Visib
1207 m
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
08/26
3,200 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
08
97% of ops
30 land · 1 TO
26
3% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 97% of operations (30 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 3%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
08
30 landings
UA 3%
26
1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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
1.1
flights/day · 32 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 8pm · 12am
Day vs night
47%
06:00–20:00 local
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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