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Coordinates: 37°47′14″N 081°07′27″W / 37.78722, -81.12417
Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport[1] (IATA: BKW, ICAO: KBKW, FAA LID: BKW), also known as Raleigh County Memorial Airport[2], is a public airport located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Beckley, a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Raleigh County Airport Authority.[2] The airport is often used for general aviation, but is also served by two commercial airlines. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,433 acres (580 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 6,750 x 150 ft. (2,057 x 46 m) and 10/28 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 10,110 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 79% general aviation, 18% air taxi and 2% military.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport, official web site
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BKW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
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