Snowshoe Airport

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Location

Latitude: 
 38-30-21.7548N (38.506043)
Longitude: 
 080-01-24.0996W (-80.023361)
Elevation: 
 3260.0 feet MSL (994 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
 8.9 W (as of December 2025 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
 UTC -5.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -4.0 (Daylight Savings Time)
From City: 
 02 N.M. ENE of Mingo, West Virginia
Found On: 
 Cincinnati Chart
FAA Region: 
 AEA

Contacts

Manager: 
Privately owned: 
DANNY CREECH
443 BIG RUN RD
VALLEY HEAD, WV 26294
318-605-5400		 DANNY CREECH
443 BIG RUN RD
VALLEY HEAD, WV 26294
318-605-5400

Operations

Airport Status: 
 Operational
Facility Use: 
 Private
Type: 
 Airport
Activation Date: 
 09/2024
Control tower: 
 No
Boundary ARTCC: 
 ZDC (Washington)
Responsible ARTCC: 
 ZDC (Washington)
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
 4260 feet (1298 m)

Based Aircraft

Annual Operations (as of )

Communications

CTAF:  122.900

       

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    Flight Service Stations

    Primary Alternate
    FSS on Field: 
    FSS Name (ID):  Elkins(EKN)
    Frequency: 
    Toll Free Phone:  1-800-WX-BRIEF

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    Navigation Aids (Navaids) near 8WV3

    Navigational Aid (NAVAID) distances from the airport are listed in Nautical Miles (NM).

    Nearby Airports with Fuel

    Dist (NM) Name (Airport IDs) True Hdg Mag Hdg Fuel Grade
    42.7 Greenbrier Valley Airport
    (LWB KLWB LWB)    		 204 213 100LL, Jet A
    48.4 North Central West Virginia Airport
    (CKB KCKB CKB)    		 348 357 100LL, Jet A
    50.5 Grant County Airport
    (PGC W99)    		 54 64 100LL, Jet A
    56.9 Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field Airport
    (4G7)    		 353 362 100LL
    67.5 Raleigh County Meml Airport
    (BKW KBKW BKW)    		 230 238 100LL, Jet A
    68.4 Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field Airport
    (MGW KMGW MGW)    		 4 13 100LL, Jet A, Jet A+
    70.9 Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) Airport
    (ROA KROA ROA)    		 178 187 100LL, Jet A
    72.0 Garrett County Airport
    (2G4)    		 26 36 100LL, Jet A+
    72.1 Luray Caverns Airport
    (KLUA LUA)    		 81 91 100LL, Jet A+
    77.1 Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
    (CHO KCHO CHO)    		 106 116 100LL, Jet A
    79.9 Virginia Tech/Montgomery Exec Airport
    (BCB KBCB BCB)    		 193 202 100LL, Jet A+
    83.1 Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport
    (PKB KPKB PKB)    		 307 315 100LL, Jet A
    83.9 Greene County Airport
    (WAY KWAY WAY)    		 356 365 100LL
    86.5 Front Royal-Warren County Airport
    (FRR KFRR FRR)    		 72 82 100LL
    87.8 New River Valley Airport
    (PSK KPSK PSK)    		 200 208 100LL, Jet A+
    88.8 Greater Cumberland Regional Airport
    (CBE KCBE CBE)    		 41 51 100LL, Jet A
    88.8 Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport
    (KVVS VVS)    		 10 19 100LL, Jet A
    88.9 Marshall County Airport
    (KMPG MPG)    		 338 347 100LL
    89.9 Gordonsville Municipal Airport
    (GVE KGVE GVE)    		 102 112 100LL
    90.7 Kee Field Airport
    (I16)    		 233 241 100LL

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    Remarks

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    Runways

    Runway Summary

    Runways: 10/28
    Longest Runway: 10/28 is 4620 ft (1408 m) long
    Runways with an Instrument Approach:

    8WV3 Airport Runway Details

    Runway 10/28  4620 ft x 200 ft (1408 m x 61 m)
    Runway Length Source:  OWNER as of 09/03/2024
    Surface:  Turf - No special surface treatment

    Runway 10

    Runway 28
    Elevation: 
    		 3240.0 3240.0
    Latitude: 
    		 38-30-22.6980N 38-30-20.8116N
    Longitude: 
    		 080-01-53.1300W 080-00-55.0692W
    Glide Path Angle: 
    		 0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees
    Threshold Elevation: 
    		 3260.0
    Displaced Threshold: 
    		 790
    Threshold Latitude: 
    		 38-30-22.3760N

    Threshold Longitude: 

    		 080-01-43.2004W

    Services

    Fuel Available: 
    		 100LL
    Landing Fees: 
    		 No
    Parking: 
    		 Hangars and tiedowns available

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