Raleigh County Memorial Airport


Raleigh County Memorial Airport is three miles east of Beckley, in Raleigh County, West Virginia. 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 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 but would categorize it as general aviation based in enplanements in 2010.
The airport opened in 1950-52 with a 4200-foot east-west runway; the first airline flights were Piedmont DC-3s in 1952. 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 at an elevation of 2,504 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 1/19 is 6,750 by 150 feet and 10/28 is 5,001 by 100 feet.
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.

Airline and destinations

Scheduled passenger service:
FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by Mountain Air Cargo.
UPS Airlines is operated by Air Cargo Carriers.

Destination statistics