Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport

Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport
IATA: WBW ICAO: KWBW FAA LID: WBW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Luzerne
Serves	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area (Wyoming Valley)
Elevation AMSL	543 ft / 166 m
Coordinates	41°17′50″N 075°51′08″W / 41.29722°N 75.85222°W
Map
WBW Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,375 1,029 Asphalt 9/27 2,191 668 Asphalt/Turf
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 25,125 Based aircraft 51
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (IATA: WBW, ICAO: KWBW, FAA LID: WBW) is a county-owned, public airport three miles north of Wilkes-Barre, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and 10 miles south of Scranton, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.^[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. The primary airport of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP).

Facilities

An old postcard of the airport.

The airport covers 135 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 543 feet (166 m). It has two runways: 7/25 is 3,375 by 75 feet (1,029 × 23 m) asphalt; 9/27 is 2,191 by 100 feet (668 × 30 m) asphalt and turf.^[1]

In 2011, the airport had 25,125 aircraft operations, average 68 per day: 99.5% general aviation, 0.3% military and 0.2% air taxi. 51 aircraft were then based at the airport: 98% single-engine and 2% multi-engine.^[1]

References

External links

• Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for WBW
  • AirNav airport information for KWBW
  • ASN accident history for WBW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KWBW