Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport

The Parkersburg-Wood County Airport was dedicated on 8 September 1946. Construction of the first part of a three part administration building began in November 1950. By late August 1951, the airport had three runways. The first airline flights were American DC-3s in 1946. The airline All American arrived in 1949 and Piedmont in 1955; Lake Central replaced American in 1961. The first jets were operated by Allegheny at the end of 1976; Piedmont pulled out in 1979 and Allegheny Commuter replaced Allegheny in 1980. The subtitle Gill Robb Wilson Field was added to the airport's name at a rededication on 2 June 1965. The airport received a federal grant to expand the runways, add a ramp for general aviation aircraft and perform various other improvements in February 1974. The airport received a federal grant to build a terminal in June 1975. It was renamed the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport on 1 July 2003. A proposal to lease a vacant former West Virginia Air National Guard hangar for conversion into a flight school was made in 2017. An expansion of the West Virginia National Guard facility at the airport was approved by early March 2023. The airport disapproved of the Department of Transportation's 2025 decision to have Air Wisconsin serve it. ==Facilities==

The airport covers 1,103 acres (446 ha) at an elevation of 859 feet (262 m). It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 7,240 by 150 feet (2,207 x 46 m) and 10/28 is 4,002 by 150 feet (1,220 x 46 m). In the year ending July 22, 2022, the airport had 28,053 aircraft operations, averaging 77 per day: 65% general aviation, 25% military, and 9% air taxi. 62 aircraft were then based at the airport: 39 single-engine, 11 military, 6 multi-engine, and 6 jet. ==Airline and destinations==

Destination statistics ==Accidents==

• On 15 March 1945, a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan crashed while attempting to land at the unfinished airport, killing the seven occupants. • On 4 May 1950, a two-seat Air Force airplane crashed while landing at the airport, killing the pilot. • In February 1959, a single-engine Cessna crashed near the airport, killing the pilot. • On 13 March 1968, a Dassault Mystère 20 operated by Mead Paper Company overran the runway, struck trees, crashed into a ravine and caught fire after it attempted to land on an icy runway at the airport, killing the two pilots and four passengers. • On 24 February 1974, a twin-engine Beechcraft crashed due to engine failure while attempting to land at the airport, killing the pilot and three passengers. • On 12 August 1977, a twin-engine Beechcraft crashed while attempting to land at the airport, killing the two pilots and two passengers. • On 18 October 2022, a Beechcraft E90 King Air crashed while preparing to land at the airport, killing the two occupants. ==See also==