Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport

Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport (IATA: PKB^[2], ICAO: KPKB, FAA LID: PKB) is seven miles northeast of Parkersburg, in Wood County, West Virginia.^[1] It is owned by the Wood County Airport Authority,^[1] and is also known as Wood County Airport or Gill Robb Wilson Field. It serves the Mid-Ohio Valley area, which includes the Ohio cities of Marietta, Belpre and the West Virginian cities of Williamstown, Parkersburg, and Vienna. Its scheduled passenger services are subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport itself is located along Interstate 77, just south of the border with Ohio.

Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport
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IATA: PKB ICAO: KPKB FAA LID: PKB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Wood County Airport Authority
Operator	Wood County Airport Authority
Serves	Parkersburg, West Virginia and Marietta, Ohio
Location	543 Co. Route 31/1, Williamstown, West Virginia, United States
Elevation AMSL	859 ft / 262 m
Coordinates	39°20′42″N 081°26′22″W
Website	flymovra.com
Maps
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 7,240 2,207 Asphalt 10/28 4,002 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/22/2002) 28,053 Based aircraft 62
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Airport had 5,275 passenger boardings (enplanements) in the calendar year 2008,^[3] 5,930 in 2009, and 5,477 in 2010.^[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.^[5]

The first airline flights were American DC-3s in 1946. The airline All American arrived in 1949 and Piedmont in 1955; Lake Central replaced American in 1961. The first jets were operated by Allegheny at the end of 1976; Piedmont pulled out in 1979 and Allegheny Commuter replaced Allegheny in 1980.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,103 acres (446 ha) at an elevation of 859 feet (262 m). It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 7,240 by 150 feet (2,207 x 46 m) and 10/28 is 4,002 by 150 feet (1,220 x 46 m).^[1]

In the year ending July 22, 2022, the airport had 28,053 aircraft operations, averaging 77 per day: 65% general aviation, 25% military, and 9% air taxi. 62 aircraft were then based at the airport: 39 single-engine, 11 military, 6 multi-engine, and 6 jet.^[1]

Airline and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
Contour Airlines	Beckley, Charlotte	[6]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January 2023 – December 2023

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Contour Airlines	7,770(100%)

Destination statistics

Busiest domestic routes from Mid-Ohio Valley Airport
(January 2023 – December 2023)^[7]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Charlotte, North Carolina	4,220
2	Beckley, West Virginia	130

Accidents at PKB

• On March 13, 1968, a Dassault Falcon 20 operated by M Air Inc. hit a dirt bank and crashed during a touch-and-go. The runway was covered with ice and slush. All 6 occupants (2 crew, 4 passengers) perished.^[8]

See also

• List of airports in West Virginia

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PKB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
2. "IATA Airport Code Search (PKB: Parkersburg / Wood County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
3. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
4. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
5. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
6. "Route Map". Contour Airlines. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
7. "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. January 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
8. Accident description for N1846 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on August 25, 2023.

Other sources

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2005-20734) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Notice (March 22, 2005): of Air Midwest, Inc. of its intent to discontinue scheduled non-subsidized Essential Air Service between Parkersburg, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, effective June 20, 2005.
  • Order 2005-4-19 (April 19, 2005): prohibiting Air Midwest, Inc., from terminating its unsubsidized, scheduled air service at Parkersburg, Morgantown and Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia, beyond the end of its 90-day notice periods, and requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing replacement essential air service (EAS) at the communities, with or without subsidy.
  • Order 2005-9-8 (September 9, 2005): selecting RegionsAir, Inc. to provide subsidized essential air Service (EAS) at Parkersburg, Morgantown and Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia for a two-year period and establishing a combined subsidy rate of $1,051,333 per year for service consisting of 18 nonstop round trips each week between Parkersburg and Cincinnati, and 18 round trips to Cincinnati each week over a MGW-CKB-CVG-CKB-MGW routing, with 34-seat Saab 340A aircraft.
  • Order 2007-1-16 (January 25, 2007): selecting Colgan Air, Inc. d/b/a US Airways Express to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Parkersburg, Morgantown, and Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia, for two years, beginning when the carrier inaugurates service. Each community will receive 19 weekly round trips to Pittsburgh with 34-passenger Saab 340 aircraft. Service from Parkersburg will be nonstop in each direction. Service from Morgantown and Clarksburg/Fairmont will be served with a Pittsburgh - Morgantown - Clarksburg - Pittsburgh or a Pittsburgh - Clarksburg - Morgantown - Pittsburgh routing. The total combined annual subsidy is $2,421,914.
  • Ninety-Day Notice (March 28, 2008): of intent of Colgan Air Inc. D/B/A United Express to terminate scheduled essential air service at Parkersburg, Morgantown and Clarksburg/Fairmont, WV, effective June 28, 2008.
  • Order 2008-5-37 (May 27, 2008): re-selecting Colgan Air, Inc. d/b/a United Express, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Morgantown and Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia, at a total annual subsidy rate of $2,116,650, for the two-year period of June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2010, requesting proposals, with or without subsidy, by June 18 from carriers interested in providing EAS at Parkersburg, West Virginia, for a new two-year period, beginning when the carrier inaugurates full service, and setting a final rate for an interim period for Colgan's service at Parkersburg, West Virginia, in order for the carrier to be compensated, from June 1, 2008, until further Department action, pending the completion of the carrier-selection case.
  • Order 2008-7-22 (July 17, 2008): re-selecting Colgan Air, Inc. d/b/a United Express to provide subsidized essential air service at Parkersburg, West Virginia, at an annual subsidy rate of $2,190,281, for the period of August 1, 2008, through July 31, 2010.
  • Order 2010-6-25 (June 29, 2010): re-selecting Colgan Air, Inc. to provide essential air service (EAS) at Clarksburg/Fairmont and Morgantown, WV, for a combined annual subsidy of $2,976,438, and at Beckley, WV, for an annual subsidy of $2,313, 457, for the two-year period from August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2012. Also selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc., to provide EAS at Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH, at an annual subsidy rate of $2,642,237, for a two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS through the end of the 24th month thereafter. The total annual subsidy for all four communities is $7,923,132.
  • Order 2012-9-23 (September 27, 2012): selecting Silver Airways to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Bradford, DuBois, Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania, Jamestown, New York, and Parkersburg, West Virginia/Marietta, Ohio, for a combined annual subsidy of $10,348,117 ($1,940,272 for Bradford; $2,587,029 for DuBois, $1,293,515 for Franklin, $1,940,272 for Jamestown, and $2,587,029 for Parkersburg), from October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014.
  • Notice of Intent (February 14, 2014): of Silver Airways Corp. to discontinue scheduled air service between Cleveland, Ohio (CLE) and: Jamestown, New York (JHW), Bradford, Pennsylvania (BFD), DuBois, Pennsylvania (DUJ), Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania (FKL), and Parkersburg, West Virginia/Marietta, Ohio (PKB).

External links

• Media related to Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Parkersburg/Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport at West Virginia DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1996 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective January 23, 2025
• FAA Terminal Procedures for PKB, effective January 23, 2025
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KPKB
  • ASN accident history for PKB
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPKB
  • FAA current PKB delay information