West Virginia (CRW,CKB,HTS)

rogersjf Trusted Contributor New Jersey

Does anyone work at these airports or have any information on them (levels, area, traffic etc.) Looking very closely at picking WV.

blakeh Trusted Member SLN

Heres Facility levels.

West Virginia Facility Levels - Locality Percentages

Im interested in WV also. Any know answers to Rogers question?

buckeye10 Junior Member

I am from the huntington area and thought about going there but at the time the staffing was full...this was a little over a year ago so it may be different now. It is a very slow level 6 up/down(maybe 100 ops/day on a busy day). i think it would be a good starting point but it seems it would get boring after awhile.

MikeATC Retired FAA, NATCA Member Nashville TN

I agree that only a 100 ops per day would be extremely boring, we average over 400 per day and I think it's slow. Granted to learn the basics a level 6 is a good start but you don't have the traffic to truly learn how to sequence and work aircraft of varying airspeeds.

rogersjf Trusted Contributor New Jersey

In my perfect world, i am trying to set my self up for success where as i start at a 6-7 go to 9-10 then 11-12, like how they used to do it in the old days, not just throw people in level 12's. I can see the problem of full staffing levels at these airports because they are so small but ideally i would want to start lower end higher...

buckeye10 Junior Member

I agree that starting at a smaller facility and then moving up is the way to go but like mikeatc said, at a place like HTS you won't see much complexity or busy traffic flow to get you really prepared for a busier facility if that is your plan. I just started at a busy level 7 tower so I think I will learn a lot for when and if I do decide to move up.

Pilotnwv Newcomer KCRW

I'm going to CRW. Lived in Charleston all my life. It's a level 7.

flyinryan Rookie Greenville, NC

just got back from pepc with tol for ckb, I can't wait to live back in the mountains again

Pilotnwv Newcomer KCRW

Nice job. I don't think CKB is 24/7 though.

flyinryan Rookie Greenville, NC

No it's not, but that's what I liked about it. I have a wife and two young kids. I wanted a facility that was manageable without disrupting family life too much. I'll try to transfer to a larger facility for my big 3 when the kids get older. That's the plan anyway.