Encyclopedia > Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Beckley Raleigh County Memorial Airport (IATA: BKW, ICAO: KBKW) is a public airport located a few miles east of Beckley, West Virginia. The airport has 2 runways. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Alfred Beckley Beckley is a city located in Raleigh County, West Virginia (Founded Apr. ...
BKW is often used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline.
A US Airways 737 at Chicago OHare US Airways (IATA: US, ICAO: USA, and Callsign: US Air) is an airline based in Arlington County, Virginia that is owned by US Airways Group Inc. ... Colgan Air, Inc. ... US Airways Express is a brand name used by several airlines which provide feederliner service for US Airways from smaller markets in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to its major stations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, New York Citys LaGuardia Airport...
RaleighCounty is now in the process of a massive 300-acre development west of the airport worth more than $8 million.
The Federal Correctional Institution Beckley is to the northeast, while the United States Soil Conservation facility and the National Mine Academy sit to the south.
The county is negotiating with a couple of companies to build in the industrial park, and Stepping Stones, a child development center, already has agreed to build on two acres of the site.