Yeager Airport

West Virginia International Yeager Airport
West Virginia International Yeager Airport
	Aerial view of Yeager Airport, 2009
	IATA: CRW; ICAO: KCRW; FAA LID: CRW;
Summary
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
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram
Runways
Statistics
Aircraft operations (year ending 11/30/2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 11/30/2022)	38,083
Based aircraft (2022)	66
Total enplanements (2019)	226,834 (2019)
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for CRW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 13, 2023.
^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Kanawha County, WV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 20 (PDF p. 21/60). Retrieved August 21, 2022. Yeager Arprt
^ ^a ^b "National Guard base to be renamed for McLaughlin". wvgazettemail.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
^ "West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW)". Almost Heaven - West Virginia. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Yeager Airport Observation Area (Charleston) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go - Updated 2022 (Charleston, WV)". Tripadvisor. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for CRW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 13, 2023.

[2] "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Kanawha County, WV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 20 (PDF p. 21/60). Retrieved August 21, 2022. Yeager Arprt

[wvgazettemail.com-3] "National Guard base to be renamed for McLaughlin". wvgazettemail.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.

[4] "West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW)". Almost Heaven - West Virginia. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[5] "Yeager Airport Observation Area (Charleston) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go - Updated 2022 (Charleston, WV)". Tripadvisor. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

[6] "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.

[NPIAS_Airports-7] "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

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