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K79D ·

Philippi Barbour County Regional Airport

39.16620°N

-80.06260°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

96% of ops

52 land · 2 TO

4% of ops

2 land · 0 TO

Runway 08 carries 96% of operations (52 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 4%.

Approach quality

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

08 52 landings

UA 0%

26 2 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 52 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

1.2

flights/day · 36 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 12am · 6pm

Day vs night

61%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (0.8 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

15 · 44%

3 · 9%

2 · 6%

Activity is led by (44% of 34 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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