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Raleigh County Memorial airport at Beckley (USA)
Raleigh County Memorial airport is located near Beckley, with Stanaford at 3mi↑, Beaver at 3mi↑, Daniels at 3mi↑, Beckley at 4mi↑, Mabscott at 5mi↑, MacArthur at 5mi↑, Prosperity at 5mi↑, Shady Spring at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in USA and Southernmost airports in USA
→ See also airports in USA
aerial view of Raleigh County Memorial airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KBKW
- IATA code : BKW
- Local code : -
Elevation : 763 m = 2503ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in USA
Runways
- runway 01/19 : 2057m = 6749ft
- runway 10/28 : 1524m = 5000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in USA
Coming to Raleigh County Memorial airport
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- Prince, WV train station at 6mi
- Thurmond, WV train station at 12mi
- Hinton, WV train station at 15mi
By plane :
- Raleigh County Memorial airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Mercer County airport at 34mi : book on Trip.com
- Greenbrier Valley airport at 40mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Raleigh County Memorial airport KBKW BKW
METAR for Raleigh County Memorial airport KBKW BKW
KBKW 201454Z AUTO 23009G18KT 9SM -RA SCT012 BKN036 OVC049 09/07 A2971 RMK AO2 CIG 013 RWY19 P0000 T00940072
Decoded METAR for Raleigh County Memorial airport KBKW BKW
METAR issued by KBKW on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 8 days and 193 hours and -11468 minutes ago.
visibility is 14km = 9sm.
The temperature is 9°C = 48°F, dew point is 7°C = 45°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87%.
QNH is 1006hPa = 29.71inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt with gusts at 33km/h = 18kt, direction is 230°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1200ft = 370m. broken at 3600ft = 1100m. overcast at 4900ft = 1490m.
light rain
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor CIG 013 RWY19 P0000 T00940072
TAF for Raleigh County Memorial airport KBKW BKW
KBKW 201429Z 2014/2112 30008G18KT 4SM -RA BKN025 TEMPO 2014/2016 1SM RA OVC015 FM201700 26012G21KT P6SM VCSH BKN025 FM202200 28014G24KT 6SM -RA BR BKN019 FM210000 30014G24KT 6SM -RASN BR OVC008 FM210400 32013G24KT P6SM OVC014
Decoded TAF for Raleigh County Memorial airport KBKW BKW
TAF issued by KBKW on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:29 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 2 hours and 17 minutes. weather forecast for 22 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
2014/2112 30008G18KT 4SM -RA BKN025
wind 8kt = 15km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light rain
broken at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2014/2016 1SM RA OVC015
Visibility is 2km = 1sm.
rain
overcast at 1500ft = 460m
from Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
FM201700 26012G21KT P6SM VCSH BKN025
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 21kt = 39km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
in vicinity shower
broken at 2500ft = 760m
from Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 22:00 heure TU to Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM202200 28014G24KT 6SM -RA BR BKN019
wind 14kt = 26km/h with gusts at 24kt = 44km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light rain
mist
broken at 1900ft = 580m
from Thursday, March 20, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, March 21, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
FM210000 30014G24KT 6SM -RASN BR OVC008
wind 14kt = 26km/h with gusts at 24kt = 44km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light rain snow
mist
overcast at 800ft = 240m
from Friday, March 21, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Friday, March 21, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM210400 32013G24KT P6SM OVC014
wind 13kt = 24km/h with gusts at 24kt = 44km/h, direction is 320°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
overcast at 1400ft = 430m
NOTAM for Raleigh County Memorial airport
Around Raleigh County Memorial airport at Beckley (USA)
near
- Hotels in Stanaford
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 354mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 434mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 3971mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4012mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4012mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4013mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4013mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4013mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4014mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4026mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4026mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4026mi↑
- for Raleigh County Memorial airport at 0mi↑
- for Lee Norse Nr 2 airport at 0mi↑
- for Beckley ARH Hospital airport at 3mi↑
nearest airports to Raleigh County Memorial airport at Beckley (USA)
- Lee Norse Nr 2 heliport ( WV03) at 0mi↑
- Beckley ARH Hospital heliport ( WV04) at 3mi↑
- Glade Springs heliport ( WV26) at 5mi↑
- Beckley Hotel heliport ( WV33) at 5mi↑
- Air Evac 121 heliport ( 3WV6) at 5mi↑
- Walker III heliport ( WV60) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Fayette airport ( WV59) at 17mi↑
- Bocamanu airport ( 23WV) at 18mi↑
- Mike Ferrell Field airport ( WV09) at 20mi↑
- New River Gorge airport ( WV32) at 21mi↑
- Hinton-Alderson airport ( WV77) at 24mi↑
- Lee Massey airport ( WV01) at 24mi↑
→ See also Former airports in USA
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap