Wheeling Ohio County Airport

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Coordinates: 40°10′30″N 080°38′47″W / 40.175, -80.64639

Wheeling Ohio County Airport
IATA: HLG – ICAO: KHLG – FAA: HLG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Ohio County Commission
Serves		Wheeling, West Virginia
Elevation AMSL		1,195 ft / 364 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,001	1,524	Asphalt
16/34	4,497	1,371	Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations			52,832
Based aircraft			64
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Wheeling Ohio County Airport (IATA: HLG, ICAO: KHLG, FAA LID: HLG) is a public airport serving the city of Wheeling and Ohio County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located eight miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Wheeling and the northern portion of the airport situated in Brooke County, southeast of Short Creek and Windsor Heights. The airport is owned by the Ohio County Commission.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Wheeling Ohio County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,001 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m) and 16/34 measuring 4,497 x 150 ft. (1,371 x 46 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 15, 2004, the airport had 52,832 aircraft operations, an average of 144 per day: 53% general aviation, 45% military and 2% air taxi. There are 64 aircraft based at this airport: 47% single engine, 19% ultralights, 19% military, 13% multi-engine and 3% jet aircraft.^[1]