West Virginia International Yeager Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Charleston, West Virginia | ||||||||||
Location | Kanawha County, West Virginia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 947 ft / 289 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°22′33″N 081°35′35″W / 38.37583°N 81.59306°W | ||||||||||
Website | YeagerAirport.com | ||||||||||
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West Virginia International Yeager Airport (IATA: CRW, ICAO: KCRW, FAA LID: CRW) is a public airport 3 miles (4.8 km) east of downtown Charleston,[1] in unincorporated Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.[2] It is owned by the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority.[1] The airport hosts McLaughlin Air National Guard Base,[3] home to eight C-130 Hercules aircraft of the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing (130 AW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the West Virginia Air National Guard.[3]
The airport sits on a hilltop over 300 feet (about 100 m) above the valleys of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, and the hill drops off sharply on all sides. Arriving passengers enjoy a view of downtown Charleston or the rolling hills north and east of the field.[4][5]
Federal Aviation Administration records show 225,150 passenger enplanements in calendar year 2015, a decrease of 6.8% from the 241,566 enplanements in 2014.[6] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[7]
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