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KWBW Airport	Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley
	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

FAA NFDC Information Effective 56-day cycle 04/18/2024 - 6/13/2024

Location

FAA/ICAO Identifier:	WBW / KWBW
Lat/Lng:	41.2973075, -75.8522433333 41-17-50.3070N, 075-51-08.0760W Estimated by 3rd Party Survey on 07/16/2019
Elevation:	543 feet Surveyed by 3rd Party Survey on 07/16/2019
Magnetic Variation:	12W,(1990), [-12W (2024)]
Sectional:	NEW YORK
From City:	3nm N of Wilkes-Barre

Operations

Use:	Open to the public
Airspace Analysis:	NOT ANALYZED Existed Prior to 1959.
Ownership:	Publicly owned
Attended:	All year Every day 0800-1700 (local)
Control Tower:	no
ARTCC:	New York(ZNY)New York Center
FSS:	Williamsport FSS(IPT)
NOTAMs and Weather:	IPTNOTAM-D service at airport
Wind Indicator:	Unlighted
Segmented Circle:	yes
Lights:	Activate PAPI Runway 07/25; MIRL Runway 07/25 - CTAF. Runway 07/25 Preset Low Intensity to Activate Higher Intensity - CTAF.
Beacon:	Activate Rotating Beacon - CTAF.
Landing Fee:	no

Communications

CTAF:

122.800

UNICOM:

122.800

Approach:

Contact 'WILKES-BARRE' Approach
126.3,	256.7

Departure:

Contact 'WILKES-BARRE' Departure
126.3,	256.7

Master Airport:

AVP (WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL)

Services

Fuel:	Grade 100LL Gasoline (low lead blue) Jet A - Kerosene, freeze point -40C
Airframe Repair:	Major
Powerplant Repair:	Major
Bottled Oxygen:	None
Bulk Oxygen:	None
Transient Storage:	Hanger,Tie-Down
Other Services:	Air Freight, Crop Dusting, Pilot Instruction, Aircraft Rental

Based Aircraft

Single Engine GA:	52
Multi Engine GA:	3
Helicopter GA:	1
Total:	56

Annual Operations

For year ending:	10/20/2022
AirTaxi:	50
Local GA (< 20 miles):	30000
Non-local GA:	3000
Military Operations:	75
Total:	33125

Ownership

Owner:	County of Luzerne 200 N. River St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18071 570-825-1600
Manager:	Jim Scrobola 2001 Wyoming Ave Forty Fort, Pa 18704 570-288-3257

Runways

Runways:	07/25 09/27

Runway 07/25

Length:	3375 feet by 3rd Party Survey on 07/16/2019
Width:	75 feet
Surface:	Asphalt / Bituminous Concrete, Good Condition
Surface Treatment:	NONE
Runway Lights Edge Intensity:	Med Intensity

	End 07	End 25
True Alignment:	054,(042 Magnetic)	234,(222 Magnetic)
Runway Markings:	Nonprecision Instrument,Good Condition	Nonprecision Instrument,Good Condition
Elevation at End:	543.8' MSL	542.9' MSL
Elevation at Touchdown Zone:	543.8' MSL	543.5' MSL
Threshold Crossing Glide Path Height:	40' AGL	40' AGL
Visual Glide Path Angle:	4.00°	3.75°
Visual Glide Slope Indicator:	2-light PAPI on left side of runway	2-light PAPI on left side of runway
Objects:		Tree
Objects affecting Navigable Airspace (CFR part 77):	Utility runway with a nonprecision approach	Utility runway with a nonprecision approach
Object Clearance Slope:	20:1	17:1
Object Height:		118' AGL
Object Distance:		2289' Along centerline 528' Right of centerline

Runway 09/27

Length:	2193 feet Runway 09/27 First 544 ft Runway 27 Asph, Rmndr Turf. by 3rd Party Survey on 07/16/2019
Width:	100 feet
Surface:	Asphalt / Bituminous Concrete, Grass / Sod, Good Condition
Surface Treatment:	NONE

	End 09	End 27
True Alignment:	077,(065 Magnetic)	257,(245 Magnetic)
Runway Markings:	Runway 09/27 Marked with 3 ft White Cones. Runway 09; Displaced Threshold Marked with Three White Cones Each Side.,Good Condition	Good Condition
Displaced Threshold Distance:	672'
Elevation at End:	541.2' MSL	542.5' MSL
Elevation at Displaced Threshold:	541.1' MSL
Elevation at Touchdown Zone:	542.5' MSL	542.5' MSL
Objects:	Trees
Objects affecting Navigable Airspace (CFR part 77):	Utility runway with a visual approach	Utility runway with a visual approach
Object Clearance Slope:	11:1 Approach Ratio 18:1 to Dthr.	20:1
Object Height:	104' AGL
Object Distance:	1241' Along centerline 152' Left of centerline

Procedures

NOTAMs

Additional Remarks

•	A30-09/27-Runway 09/27 Closed Winter Months.
•	+152 ft Transmission Lines 6000 ft from Runway 25 Threshold 585 ft L Marked with Red Spheres.
•	for Cd Contact Wilkes-Barre Approach at 570-655-2084.

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