Eastern WV Regional Airport Shepherd Field |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Eastern WV Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Martinsburg, West Virginia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 565 ft / 172 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°24′07″N 077°59′05″W / 39.40194°N 77.98472°WCoordinates: 39°24′07″N 077°59′05″W / 39.40194°N 77.98472°W | ||||||||||
Website | wvairport.org | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in West Virginia / United States | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 26,385 |
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Based aircraft | 90 |
The Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (IATA: MRB, ICAO: KMRB, FAA LID: MRB), also known as Shepherd Field, is a civilian-owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Martinsburg, a city in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport Authority or EWVRAA. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, in which the Federal Aviation Administration categorized it as a reliever airport.
The airport is mostly used for general aviation. The airport's fixed base operator, Aero-Smith, Inc. offers many services including Air Charter, Aircraft Management, Flight Training, Aircraft Maintenance, Fuel Sales and Hangar Rentals. The EWVRAA has entered into a joint-use agreement with the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing (167 AW), having a presence since 1955 at the adjacent Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base. The 167 AW is an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit which began operating the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in January 2015. Prior to receiving the C-17, the airport had hosted a fleet of larger Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft since 2007.