Southern West Virginia Regional Airport (ICAO: KEBD, FAA LID: EBD), formerly known as Appalachian Regional Airport[2], is a public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) east of the central business district of Williamson, a city in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Mingo County Airport Authority.[1] The airport was built on a reclaimed mine site near Varney, West Virginia,[3] and opened in 2012.[4][5]
Southern West Virginia Regional Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mingo County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Williamson, West Virginia | ||||||||||
| Location | Varney, West Virginia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,883 ft / 574 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°40′54″N 082°07′19″W / 37.68167°N 82.12194°W | ||||||||||
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  EBD Location of airport in West Virginia | |||||||||||
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This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[6] Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned EBD by the FAA,[1] but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned EBD to El Obeid Airport in El Obeid, Sudan).[7][8]
Facilities and aircraft edit
Southern West Virginia Regional Airport covers an area of 400 acres (162 ha) at an elevation of 1,883 feet (574 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2020, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 13 per month.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for EBD PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Goad, Julia R. (September 25, 2009). "3.6M awarded to Mingo airport board". Williamson Daily News. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
- ^ Goad, Julia R. (June 23, 2012). "Mingo airport cleared to open by FAA". Williamson Daily News. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
- ^ Goad, Julia R. (October 10, 2012). "Mingo Airport set to open Friday". Williamson Daily News. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
- ^ "El Obeid Airport, Sudan (IATA: EBD, ICAO: HSOB)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search (EBD: El Obeid)". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved June 4, 2013.
External links edit
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EBD, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EBD
- AirNav airport information for EBD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for EBD