The Upshur County Regional Airport is just over two miles west of town. The airport is a FAA Classification B-II airport, and it can handle aircraft with up to 80 ft. wingspan and 30,000 lb. single wheel gross weights. The asphalt runway is 4,200 ft. long. Businesses at the airport include a fixed base operation offering aircraft charters, flight instruction and aircraft rentals. There's also an aircraft inspection and repair business and an air ambulance service. Also at the airport is a one-man aircraft sales and broker business. Total employment at the airport is 25.
Upshur County Regional Airport
Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201
(304) 472-9437
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Rexroad Airport is near Clarksburg. West Virginia; it's ten miles north of Buckhannon. The privately owned airport has an asphalt runway 3,900 feet long by 60 feet. wide. The airport is suitable for single engine aircraft in visual flight rules (VFR) conditions. The airport is halfway between Buckhannon and Clarksburg on Highway 20.
Rexroad Airport
Fair Skies Corp.
19A West Main Street
Buckhannon, WV 26201
(304) 472-2048
The Pittsburgh International Airport is the nearest major commercial airport to Buckhannon. It is 145 road miles from the town to the Pittsburgh airport. The route to the airport is almost entirely on the I-79 Highway. Pittsburg International sees 8 million travelers per year, and there are over 150 commercial flights per day. U.S. Airways and Delta have the largest number of commercial flights in and out of the airport.
The Pittsburgh International Airport is managed by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. The field also has business aviation center to support corporate and general aviation. The airport layout includes three parallel runways. A 60 ft. diameter helipad is also on the airport.
Pittsburgh International Airport
Landside Terminal, 4th Floor, Mezzanine
PO Box 12370
Pittsburgh, PA 15231-0370
(412) 472-3525
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