Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Raleigh County Memorial Airport is approximately east of the city of Beckley, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is both owned and operated by the Raleigh County Airport Authority. The airport is used for general aviation and sees one scheduled passenger airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 3,630 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,626 in 2009 and 2,429 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008, but would later categorize it as general aviation based on the number of enplanements in 2010.
The airport opened in 1950–52 with a, east-west runway; the first airline flights were Piedmont DC-3s in 1952. The runway was extended to in the 1950s, and the runway 1/19 was constructed between 1975 and 1979.
In 2005, the airport was the least busy airport in the United States that also had an airline service, with a total of 2,578 passengers served during that year.
Facilities
The airport covers 1,433 acres at an elevation of 2,504 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 1/19 is 6,750 by 150 feet and 10/28 is 5,001 by 100 feet.In the year ending April 30, 2022, the airport had 23,181 aircraft operations, which was an average of 63 per day: 85% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 9% military. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 21 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 1 helicopter.
Airline and destinations
Cargo
FedEx Feeder is operated at the field by Mountain Air Cargo. UPS feeder flights are operated by Air Cargo Carriers.| Airline | Destinations | Refs. |
| Air Cargo Carriers | Charleston (WV), Louisville | |
| FedEx Feeder operated by Mountain Air Cargo | Huntington (WV) |