KBKW
Raleigh County Memorial
https://flybeckley.com/
Raleigh County Memorial Airport (IATA: BKW, ICAO: KBKW, FAA LID: BKW) is three miles east of Beckley, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Raleigh County Airport Authority. The airport is used for general aviation and sees one scheduled passenger airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 3,630 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,626 in 2009 and 2,429 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (between 2,500 and 10,000) but would categorize it as general aviation based in enplanements in 2010 (under 2,500).
The airport opened in 1950–52 with a 4200-foot east–west runway; the first airline flights were Piedmont DC-3s in 1952. (The last Piedmont YS-11 left in 1981.) The runway was extended to 5000 ft in the 1950s, and 6750-ft runway 1 was added between 1975 and 1979.
In 2005 the airport was the least busy airport with scheduled airline service in the United States, with 2,578 passengers that year.
Facilities
The airport covers 1,433 acres (580 ha) at an elevation of 2,504 feet (763 m). It has two asphalt runways: 1/19 is 6,750 by 150 feet (2,057 x 46 m) and 10/28 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).
In the year ending July 31, 2011 the airport had 21,904 aircraft operations, average 60 per day: 89% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and 4% military. 59 aircraft were then based at the airport: 52.5% single-engine, 30.5% multi-engine, 7% jet, and 10% helicopter.
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KNOWN ISSUES
The exact position of the windsocks is unknown
The US and WV flags are on the same pole. During times of calm winds and the flags are touching, you will see texture flicker.
Streetlights - Texture flicker noticed as you move away from the poles. All pole lighs are using a default Asobo light and I never noticed this before. I think this happened with the last update.
flyaway1
Update: The latest update has resolved the terrain issue. Thank you!
danielsjam author
3 months ago
CaptainMoonlight
TITAN6482
Your KLGA is also a work of art, and makes flying in and out of NY better. Thank you again and keep up your fantastic work. Look forward to more of your beautiful sceneries.
danielsjam author
11 months ago
MrJGeezy
TITAN6482
11 months ago
fppilot
Again, your great work continues. I flew my Hjet into your KLGA today to join my Chicago White Sox at NY Mets baseball series. Very impressive airport. Much appreciative! All this from a big fan!
danielsjam author
12 months ago
jonmkj
Also, the beacon is where you put the pointy red thing on top of the hangar. That IS the beacon 😀
danielsjam author
12 months ago