Wheeling Ohio County Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 serving the city of Wheeling

Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and Ohio County

Ohio County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,427 people, 19,733 households, and 12,155 families residing in the county. The population density was 447 people per square mile . There were 22,166 housing units at an average density of 209 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. It is located eight miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Wheeling and the northern portion of the airport situated in Brooke County

Brooke County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,447 people, 10,396 households, and 7,152 families residing in the county. The population density was 286 people per square mile . There were 11,150 housing units at an average density of 126 per square mile...

, southeast of Short Creek

Short Creek, West Virginia

Short Creek is an unincorporated town in Brooke County, West Virginia, USA. It also includes the dwellings along the creek from the Bottom of Dean's Hill and the Bottom of West Liberty Hill to the mouth of Short Creek at the Ohio River....

 and Windsor Heights

Windsor Heights, West Virginia

Windsor Heights is a village in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 431 at the 2000 census...

. The airport is owned by the Ohio County Commission.

Facilities and aircraft

Wheeling Ohio County Airport covers an area of 1000 acres (405 ha) which contains two asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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s: 3/21 measuring 5,001 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m) and 16/34 measuring 4,497 x 150 ft. (1,371 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 15, 2004, the airport had 52,832 aircraft operations, an average of 144 per day: 53% general aviation

General aviation

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, 45% military and 2% air taxi

Air taxi

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. There are 64 aircraft based at this airport: 47% single engine, 19% ultralights, 19% military, 13% multi-engine and 3% jet aircraft.

External links

• Wheeling-Ohio County Airport at West Virginia Airport Directory