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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
	USGS orthophoto of Raleigh County Memorial Airport
	IATA: BKW; ICAO: KBKW; FAA LID: BKW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Raleigh County Airport Authority
Serves	Raleigh County, West Virginia
Location	176 Airport Road, Beaver, West Virginia, United States
Elevation AMSL	2,504 ft / 763 m
Coordinates	37°47′14″N 081°07′27″W / 37.78722°N 81.12417°W
Website	www.FlyBeckley.com
Maps
	BKW BKW
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/30/2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/30/2022)	23,181
Based aircraft	33
	Sources: Airport and FAA

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Raleigh County Memorial Airport^[1]^[2] (IATA: BKW, ICAO: KBKW, FAA LID: BKW) is approximately three miles east of the city of Beckley, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is both owned and operated by the Raleigh County Airport Authority.^[2] 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,^[3] 2,626 in 2009 and 2,429 in 2010.^[4] 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)^[5] but would later categorize it as general aviation based on the number of enplanements in 2010 (under 2,500).

The airport opened in 1950–52 with a 4,200-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 5,000 ft in the 1950s, and the 6,750 ft runway 1/19 was constructed between 1975 and 1979.

In 2005, the airport was the least busy airport in the United States that also had an airline service, with a total of 2,578 passengers served during that year.^[6]

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).^[2]

In the year ending April 30, 2022, the airport had 23,181 aircraft operations, which was an average of 63 per day: 85% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 9% military. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 21 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 helicopter.^[2]

Airline and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
Contour Airlines	Charlotte, Parkersburg	^[7]

Cargo

FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by Mountain Air Cargo.^{[citation needed]} UPS Airlines is operated by Air Cargo Carriers.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Busiest domestic routes from Raleigh County Airport (BKW)
(January 2023 – December 2023)^[8]
Rank	City	Passengers
1	Charlotte, North Carolina	4,690
2	Parkersburg, West Virginia	140

References

^ ^a ^b Raleigh County Memorial Airport, official website
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for BKW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
^ Reed, Dan (September 26, 2006). "U.S. airports, by the numbers". USA Today. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
^ "Route Map". Contour Airlines. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
^ "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

Other sources

Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1997-2761) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2004-6-14 (June 18, 2004): selecting Colgan Air, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to continue providing essential air service at Beckley and Bluefield/Princeton, West Virginia, for the two-year period beginning August 1, 2004, at an annual subsidy of $2,017,064.
- Order 2006-7-2 (July 3, 2006): selecting Colgan Air, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide essential air service at Beckley, West Virginia, for a new two-year period beginning August 1, 2006, at a subsidy of $1,930,759 annually.
- Order 2008-6-14 (June 10, 2008): re-selecting Pinnacle Airlines, Corp. d/b/a Colgan Air, Inc., to continue to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Beckley, West Virginia, for the two-year period beginning August 1, 2008, at the annual subsidy rate of $2,092,844.
- Order 2010-6-25 (June 29, 2010): re-selecting Colgan Air, Inc. to provide essential air service (EAS) at Clarksburg/Fairmont and Morgantown, WV, for a combined annual subsidy of $2,976,438, and at Beckley, WV, for an annual subsidy of $2,313, 457, for the two-year period from August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2012. Also selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc., to provide EAS at Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH, at an annual subsidy rate of $2,642,237, for a two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS through the end of the 24th month thereafter. The total annual subsidy for all four communities is $7,923,132.
- Order 2012-4-32 (April 30, 2012): selecting Silver Airways to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Beckley, Clarksburg/Fairmont ("Clarksburg") and Morgantown, West Virginia, for a combined annual subsidy of $5,968,744 ($2,512,494 for Beckley; $3,456,250 for Clarksburg and Morgantown), for the two-year period beginning when the carrier begins full EAS at all three communities.

External links

Official website
Aerial image as of April 1996 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for BKW, effective December 26, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BKW
- AirNav airport information for KBKW
- ASN accident history for BKW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

[Airport-1] Raleigh County Memorial Airport, official website

[FAA-2] FAA Airport Form 5010 for BKW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.

[3] "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.

[4] "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.

[5] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

[USAToday-6] Reed, Dan (September 26, 2006). "U.S. airports, by the numbers". USA Today. Retrieved June 25, 2008.

[7] "Route Map". Contour Airlines. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

[RITA_|_BTS_|_Transtats-8] "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

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+{{Short description|Airport in West Virginia}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}
+{{distinguish|Raleigh–Durham International Airport}}
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 | name         = Raleigh County Memorial Airport
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+| caption2     = [[USGS]] orthophoto of Raleigh County Memorial Airport
 | IATA         = BKW
 | ICAO         = KBKW
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 | owner        = Raleigh County Airport Authority
 | operator     =
-| city-served  = [[Beckley, West Virginia]]
+| city-served  = [[Raleigh County, West Virginia|Raleigh County]], [[West Virginia]]
-| location     = <!--if different than above-->
+| location     = 176 Airport Road, [[Beaver, West Virginia]], [[United States]]
 | elevation-f  = 2,504
 | website      = [http://www.flybeckley.com/ www.FlyBeckley.com]
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-| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of airport in West Virginia / United States
+| pushpin_map_caption    =
 | pushpin_label          = '''BKW'''
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+| mapframe            = yes
+| mapframe-zoom       = 10
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 | r1-number    = 1/19
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 | r2-length-f  = 5,001
 | r2-surface   = Asphalt
-| stat-year    = 2011
+| stat-year    = 2022
-| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
+| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 4/30/2022)
-| stat1-data   = 21,904
+| stat1-data   = 23,181
 | stat2-header = Based aircraft
-| stat2-data   = 59
+| stat2-data   = 33
-| footnotes    = Sources: Airport<ref name="Airport">[http://www.flybeckley.com/ Raleigh County Memorial Airport], official web site</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=BKW|use=PU|own=PU|site=26520.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.</ref>
+| footnotes    = Sources: Airport<ref name="Airport">[http://www.flybeckley.com/ Raleigh County Memorial Airport], official website</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=BKW|use=PU|own=PU|site=26520.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.</ref>
 }}
-'''Raleigh County Memorial Airport'''<ref name="Airport" /><ref name="FAA" /> {{airport codes|BKW|KBKW|BKW}} is a public use [[airport]] located three&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (6&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) east of the [[central business district]] of [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]], a city in [[Raleigh County, West Virginia]], [[United States]]. It is owned by the Raleigh County Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is used for [[general aviation]], but is also served by one commercial airline with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program.
+'''Raleigh County Memorial Airport'''<ref name="Airport" /><ref name="FAA" /> {{airport codes|BKW|KBKW|BKW}} is approximately three miles east of the city of [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]], in [[Raleigh County, West Virginia]], United States. It is both owned and operated by the Raleigh County Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is used for [[general aviation]] and sees one scheduled passenger airline, subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program.
-As per [[Federal Aviation Administration]] records, the airport had 3,630 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref>
+[[Federal Aviation Administration]] records say the airport had 3,630 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref>
  {{cite web
  | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
  | title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
- | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2008 CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
+ | work =  CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
  | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
  }}
-</ref> 2,626 enplanements in 2009, and 2,429 in 2010.<ref>
+</ref> 2,626 in 2009 and 2,429 in 2010.<ref>
  {{cite web
  | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
  | title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
- | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2010 CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]
+ | work =  CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
  | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
  }}
-</ref> It is included in the [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015, which [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' airport based on  enplanements in 2008 (between 2,500 and 10,000)<ref>
+</ref> The [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015 [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' airport based on  enplanements in 2008, (between 2,500 and 10,000)<ref>
  {{cite web
  | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
  | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = [[PDF]], 2.03 MB
- | work = [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2011 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]
+ | work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
  | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010
  }}
-</ref> but would categorize it as ''general aviation'' based in enplanements in 2010 (under 2,500).
+</ref> but would later categorize it as ''general aviation'' based on the number of enplanements in 2010 (under 2,500).
+The airport opened in 1950–52 with a 4,200-foot, east-west runway; the first airline flights were [[Piedmont Airlines|Piedmont]] [[Douglas DC-3|DC-3s]] in 1952. (The last Piedmont [[NAMC YS-11|YS-11]] left in 1981.) The runway was extended to 5,000&nbsp;ft in the 1950s, and the 6,750 ft runway 1/19 was constructed 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 using the facility that year.<ref name=USAToday>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-09-26-airport-numbers_x.htm | title = U.S. airports, by the numbers | first = Dan | last = Reed | work = [[USA Today]] | date = September 26, 2006 | accessdate = June 25, 2008}}</ref>
+In 2005, the airport was the least busy airport in the United States that also had an airline service, with a total of 2,578 passengers served during that year.<ref name=USAToday>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-09-26-airport-numbers_x.htm | title = U.S. airports, by the numbers | first = Dan | last = Reed | work = [[USA Today]] | date = September 26, 2006 | accessdate = June 25, 2008}}</ref>
-== Facilities and aircraft ==
-Raleigh County Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,433 [[acre]]s (580 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 2,504 feet (763 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 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).<ref name="FAA" />
+==Facilities==
-For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2011, the airport had 21,904 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per day: 89% [[general aviation]], 7% [[air taxi]], and 4% [[military aviation|military]].
+The airport covers 1,433 acres (580 [[hectare|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).<ref name="FAA" />
-At that time there were 59 aircraft based at the airport: 52.5% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 30.5% multi-engine, 7% [[jet aircraft|jet]], and 10% [[helicopter]].<ref name="FAA" />
+In the year ending April 30, 2022, the airport had 23,181 aircraft operations, which was an average of 63 per day: 85% general aviation, 6% [[air taxi]], and 9% military. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 21 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 [[helicopter]].<ref name="FAA" />
 == Airline and destinations ==
+=== Passenger ===
-The following [[airline]] offers scheduled passenger service at the airport:
+<!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and airlines themselves are not independent sources. -->
 {{Airport destination list
+| 3rdcoltitle = {{Abbr|Refs.|References}} | 3rdcolunsortable = yes
-| [[Contour Airlines]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]]<ref name="Contour">https://www.register-herald.com/news/money/beckley-gets-jet-service/article_22c32545-a4fd-5f34-9098-37700611d0fb.html</ref>
+| [[Contour Airlines]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport|Parkersburg]] | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Route Map |url=https://www.contourairlines.com/plan-and-book/items/route-map |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=[[Contour Airlines]]}}</ref>
 }}
+=== Cargo ===
-FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by [[Mountain Air Cargo]].
+FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by [[Mountain Air Cargo]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} UPS Airlines is operated by [[Air Cargo Carriers]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
+==Statistics==
-===Destination statistics===
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align=
-|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from Raleigh County Airport (BKW)<br>(February 2016 – January 2017)'''<ref name="RITA &#124; BTS &#124; Transtats">{{cite web |title=RITA &#124; BTS &#124; Transtats|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=BKW&carrier=FACTS|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|date=January 2017|accessdate=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
+|+ Busiest domestic routes from Raleigh County Airport (BKW)<br>(January 2023 – December 2023)<ref name="RITA &#124; BTS &#124; Transtats">{{cite web |title=RITA &#124; BTS &#124; Transtats|url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=BKW&carrier=FACTS|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|date=January 2017|accessdate=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
 |-
 ! Rank
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 | 1
 | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, North Carolina]]
-| 1,600
+| 4,690
+|-
+| 2
+| [[Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport|Parkersburg, West Virginia]]
+| 140
 |}
+==See also==
+* [[List of airports in West Virginia]]
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
+* {{official website|flybeckley.com}}
-* [http://www.flybeckley.com/ Raleigh County Memorial Airport], official site
 * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=37.7883&lon=-81.1229&w=1000&h=1600&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of April 1996] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
 * {{FAA-procedures|BKW}}
-* [https://acukwik.com/Airport-Info/KBKW AC-U-KWIK information for KBKW]
 {{US-airport-ga|BKW}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:Airports in West Virginia]]
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 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Raleigh County, West Virginia]]
 [[Category:Transportation in Raleigh County, West Virginia]]
+[[Category:Beckley, West Virginia]]