AirportsRaleigh County Memorial Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Beaver, in West Virginia, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BKW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BKW
- ICAO code
- KBKW
- City
- Beaver
- State or region
- West Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W
- Elevation
- 763 m (2,504 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,057 m (6,750 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BKW means Raleigh County Memorial Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KBKW. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W. It stands 763 metres (2,504 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Roanoke, about 119 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Raleigh County Memorial Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,057 metres (6,750 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 372.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,057 m 6,750 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 10/28 | 1,524 m 5,001 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greenbrier Valley AirportLewisburg | LWB | 64 km |
| Yeager AirportCharleston | CRW | 77 km |
| Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportRoanoke | ROA | 114 km |
| Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHuntington | HTS | 141 km |
| Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportParkersburg (Williamstown) | PKB | 175 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,297 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,131 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,664 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,227 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 707 km | 1 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,364 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,631 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,836 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,344 km | 19 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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