Terminal Procedures

79D — Philippi/Barbour County Rgnl

PHILIPPI, WV · 2 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

Elevation 1,755 ft1 runwayLongest 3,275 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgasVolume NE-4Not for navigation

1 published instrument approach: 1 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

	Chart	Amendment
	RNAV (GPS) RWY 26	0B	PDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

	Chart	Amendment
	TAKEOFF MINIMUMS	—	PDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

79D airport information

Control tower: No
Attendance: Unattended
ARTCC: Washington Center
Flight service: Elkins
NOTAM facility: EKN (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation: 9W
Beacon: White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator: Lighted
Segmented circle: Yes
Fuel: 100LL avgas
Bottled oxygen: None
Parking: Tie-downs
Customs: Landing rights airport
Activated: October 1973
Airport area: 78 acres
Ownership: Publicly owned
Sectional: Cincinnati
Last FAA inspection: 2024-07-13

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

79D radio frequencies

Service	Frequency	Call sign
CTAF	122.9
Approach	121.15	Clarksburg

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

Runway layout at 79D, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lighting
08/26	3,275 ft	60 ft	Asphalt Good	Medium intensity
08 74°T	PAPI (2-box) 3° · displaced threshold 140 ft
26 254°T	PAPI (2-box) 3° · displaced threshold 225 ft

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where 79D is

Latitude, longitude39.1661900, -80.0623490

Elevation1,755 ft

From Philippi2 nm NW

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FAA remarks for 79D

PRVDD TREES OFF THE APCH END OF RWY 26 ARE REMOVED OR TRIMMED TO REMAIN BLO 20:1 APCH SURFACE.
DUSK-DAWN. ACTIVATE REIL RWY 08; PAPI RWYS 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 - CTAF.
EXT 2
20 FT TREES, 0-120 FT DSTC, 45 FT L.
20 FT TREES 0-30 FT DSTC 50 FT R/L.
OMNIDIRECTIONAL REILS.
APCH RATIO 0:1 AT DSPLCD THR OVR 30 FT TREES, 0 FT DSTC, 45 FT L.
APCH RATIO 0:1 AT DSPLCD THR OVR 30 FT TREES, 0 FT DSTC 199 FT R, 245 FT L.
186 FT RIDGE APRXLY 3200 FT FM THR; 550 FT R.
RWY 26 500 FT DROP-OFF 50 FT FM THR.
RWY 08 150 FT DROP-OFF 112 FT FM THR.
WILDLIFE INVOF ARPT.
AIRPORT FENCED. VEHICLE GATE LOCKED. ONLY ACCESS VIA PEDESTRIAN GATE.
FOR CD CTC WASHINGTON ARTCC AT 703-771-3587.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Airports near 79D

ID	Airport	City	Distance	Charts
KCKB	North Central West Virginia	CLARKSBURG, WV	11 nm NW	7
W22	Upshur County Rgnl	BUCKHANNON, WV	14 nm SW	4
4G7	Fairmont Muni-Frankman Fld	FAIRMONT, WV	18 nm N	2
KEKN	Elkins/Randolph County (Jennings Randolph Fld)	ELKINS, WV	19 nm SE	7
KMGW	Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Fld	MORGANTOWN, WV	29 nm N	7
48I	Braxton County	SUTTON, WV	40 nm SW	2
2G4	Garrett County	OAKLAND, MD	42 nm NE	4
W99	Grant County	PETERSBURG, WV	44 nm E	8

VFR charts covering 79D

CincinnatiSectional Chart

Common questions about 79D

What charts are available for 79D?

2 current FAA charts for Philippi/Barbour County Rgnl, including 1 instrument approach. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for 79D?

CTAF 122.9. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at 79D?

Philippi/Barbour County Rgnl has 1 runway. The longest is 08/26 at 3,275 ft by 60 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does 79D have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total 79D has 1 published instrument approach, of which 1 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at 79D?

Every published approach serves one runway end. There is no instrument procedure to the reciprocal direction, so an arrival in instrument conditions commits to that single approach direction regardless of the wind.

Is 79D a towered airport?

No — Philippi/Barbour County Rgnl has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these 79D charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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