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KWBW · Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport

ICAO · US · 6 NTSB events

ID KWBW FAA WBW Elev 545 ft Lat 41° 17.83' N Lon 75° 51.07' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,375 ft. Max gradient: 0.06%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
07 054° 3,375 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
25 234° 3,375 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
09 79.9° 2,193 ft 100 ft GRS No 0.06%
27 259.9° 2,193 ft 100 ft GRS No 0.06%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 2 frequencies

  • A/D APP/DEP 126.300
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 2 matched · 14 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Runway 09 threshold displaced 672 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

Watch for

  • Runway 09 threshold displaced 672 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    displaced threshold

All translated remarks (2)

  • Runway 09 threshold displaced 672 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    RWY 09–27: H2193X100 (ASPH–TURF) RWY 09: Thld dsplcd 672´

  • Airport attended 1300–2200Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1300–2200Z‡.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (14 sentences)
  • ·PENNSYLVANIA 315 CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE
  • ·MODENA (L) (L) VORTACW 113.2 MXE Chan 79 N39º55.08´ W75º40.25´ 052º 6.0 NM to fld. 473/9W.
  • ·VOR unusable: 036º–046º 047º–057º byd 10 NM 058º–085º 170º–248º byd 27 NM blo 7,500´ 170º–248º byd 30 NM blo 9,500´ 170º–248º byd 8 NM blo 6,000´ 268º–278º byd 28 NM 278º–290º blo 10,000´ 290º–326º WILKES–BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (WBW)(KWBW) 3 N UTC–5(–4DT) N41º17.84´ W75º51.13´ 544 B NOTAM FILE IPT RWY 07–25: H3375X75 (ASPH) MIRL RWY 07: PAPI(P2L)—GA 4.0º TCH 40´.
  • ·RWY 25: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.75º TCH 40´.
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A LGT ACTIVATE MIRL Rwy 07–25, PAPI Rwy 07, Rwy 25 and rotating bcn—CTAF.
  • ·Rwy 07–25 preset low ints to ACTIVATE higher ints—CTAF.
  • ·Rwy 09–27 clsd winter months. +152´ transmission lines 6,000´ from Rwy 25 thld 585´ left marked with red spheres.
  • ·Rwy 09–27 marked with 3´ white cones.
  • ·Rwy 09 dsplcd thld marked with three white cones each side.
  • ·Rwy 09–27 first 544 ft Rwy 27 asph, rmndr turf.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 570-288-3257
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 ® APP/DEP CON 126.3 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Wilkes-Barre Apch at 570-655-2084.
  • ·(L) (L) VORTACW 111.6 LVZ Chan 53 N41º16.37´ W75º41.37´ 291º 7.5 NM to fld. 2118/10W.
  • ·VOR unusable: 290º–305º byd 15 NM blo 6,000´ NEW YORK L–30K IAP NE, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · WBW

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

6 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

6

since 1982

Fatal

1

16.7% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 36,702 ops in 1999

2024 total

33,125

10-yr total

318,477

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

6.3

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.05

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Stall / spin 1

All time · n=6

  • Ground collision 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Stall / spin 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2019-01-03 Piper PA24 · Stall / spin · day →
2017-07-10 ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 · Weather · day →
2000-06-09 Stewart S-51 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1995-10-16 Cessna 172G · Ground collision · day →
1990-03-14 Cessna 177 · Engine failure · day →
1982-08-13 Piper PA-28-161 · Ground collision · day →

Designees in PA

CFI Flight Instructors 1,891 A&P Mechanics 6,164 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 61 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 8 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 8 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 8 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 40 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 6 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 10 ODA Organizational Designations 3 Schools Flight Schools 70 FBO Fixed Base Operators 63 Clubs Flying Clubs 64 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 14 EAA EAA Chapters 27

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Bridget Vanscoy Forty-Fort PA 1 nm
Randy Marlin Rickert Lehighton PA 29 nm
Erik Petschauer Honesdale PA 32 nm
Daniel Arenson Lords Valley PA 36 nm
Aram Basmadjian Allentown PA 45 nm
John Albert Smith Allentown PA 45 nm
John Scullion Middletown PA 46 nm
Christopher Calvert Milford PA 47 nm
Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson Reading PA 58 nm
Jessica Marie Robinson Newmanstown PA 59 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Eric Paul Eviston Wyoming PA 1 nm
Robert Michael Phillips Wyoming PA 1 nm
Andrew Judge Wyoming PA 1 nm
Joseph Patrick Burridge Swoyersville PA 1 nm
Michael Rudolf Gould Swoyersville PA 1 nm
Harry Nicholas Soudas Forty Fort PA 1 nm
Anthony Keith Glenn Luzerne PA 2 nm
Frederick James Herman V Larksville PA 4 nm
Matthew Joseph Visnefski Larksville PA 4 nm
Michael John Twomey Hughestown PA 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Edward M Darko Swoyersville PA 1 nm
Robert Michael Lampman West Wyoming PA 2 nm
Eric Edward Estock Luzerne PA 2 nm
Blayze Thomas Zagropski Kingston PA 3 nm
Richard M Harth Pittston PA 4 nm
Leon Joseph Ezbitski Pittston PA 4 nm
Anthony Jerome Grabosky Pittston Township PA 4 nm
Vincenzo Luigi Colarusso Pittston PA 4 nm
Abdulbasit Sadiq M Almoumin Pittston PA 4 nm
Saeed Jassim Al Sihatie Pittston PA 4 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Scott Richard Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Allentown, PA
 43 nm
LV Avionics
Allentown, PA
 43 nm
3 in the Green
Selinsgrove, PA
 54 nm
Three Crown Avionics
Sussex, NJ
 56 nm
Avionics One, Inc.
Bedminster, NJ
 67 nm
RealClean Aircraft Detailing New Jersey
Morristown, NJ
 72 nm
Lancaster Avionics, Inc
Lititz, PA
 74 nm
Sensenich Propeller Service, Inc.
Lititz, PA
 74 nm
Roberto Aircraft Interiors
Smoketown, PA
 77 nm
Aircraft and Avionics Sales, Inc.
New Cumberland, PA
 79 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.