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3G5 Dawson Army Airfield
Camp Dawson (Kingwood), West Virginia, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 3G5
Lat/Long: 39-27-00.3260N 079-39-59.1980W
39-27.005433N 079-39.986633W
39.4500906,-79.6664439
(estimated)
Elevation: 1265 ft. / 386 m (estimated)
Variation: 07W (1985)
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 26537

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CLEVELAND CENTER
FSS: ELKINS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [703-724-4288]
NOTAMs facility: EKN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAYLIGHT HOURS
Segmented circle: no
Lights: ACTVT REILS RWY 05 & 23; LIRL RWY 05/23 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 05 & 23 OTS.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at MGW (16 nm NW): 120.675 (304-296-7103)
WX AWOS-3 at 2G4 (17 nm NE): 120.125 (301-746-8443)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MGWr130/11.0MORGANTOWN VOR/DME111.6005W
CKBr071/30.3CLARKSBURG VOR/DME112.6004W
ESLr299/34.2KESSEL VOR/DME110.8006W
EKNr039/37.9ELKINS VORTAC114.2007W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
RANDOLPH COUNTY022/34.628407WRQY .-. --.- -.--

Airport Services

Fuel available: A++

Runway Information

Runway 5/23

Dimensions: 4500 x 50 ft. / 1372 x 15 m
Surface: asphalt
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: 650 ft.350 ft.
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: U.S. Army
Owner: US ARMY AERONAUTICAL SVCS AGENCY
FT BELVOIR, VA 22060

Additional Remarks

MOUNTAIN CLOSE ON ALL SIDES OF ARPT.
ARPT CLSD TO ALL FIXED WING ACFT OVER 12500 LBS.
PLINES 2 NM NE & NW.
PPR FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL WV NG FOR CIVIL OPS.
OPEN DALGT HRS.
CRANE 1565 (300 AGL) 1500 E AER 32 UNLGTD.
CLSD TO FIXED WING ACFT EXC PPR 304-791-4953.
FOR CD CTC CLARKSBURG APCH AT 304-842-2011, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC CLEVELAND ARTCC AT 440-774-0226.
FUEL PPR C304-791-4070 A++.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 3G5.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMGW - Morgantown Municipal Airport/Walter L Bill Hart Field (16 nm NW)
2G4 - Garrett County Airport (17 nm NE)
4G7 - Fairmont Municipal Airport-Frankman Field (23 nm W)
79D - Philippi/Barbour County Regional Airport (25 nm SW)
KCKB - North Central West Virginia Airport (28 nm W)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4309:43
Sunrise06:1310:13
Sunset20:1800:18
Evening civil twilight20:4700:47

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-May-2025 07:04:12
Local (UTC-4)  08-May-2025 03:04:12
 
METAR
KMGW 
17nm NW 
080653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01170100
K2G4 
17nm NE 
080655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3006 RMK AO2
KCKB 
27nm W 
080653Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01000089
KVVS 
31nm N 
080655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3004 RMK AO2 T01090093
TAF
KMGW 
17nm NW 
080520Z 0806/0906 VRB03KT P6SM BKN250 FM080900 00000KT 4SM BR BKN007 TEMPO 0809/0812 1SM BR BKN002 FM081200 35006KT P6SM SCT003 BKN100 FM082200 36007KT 5SM -SHRA OVC040 PROB30 0822/0902 -TSRA BKN035CB FM090300 01006KT 4SM -SHRA BR BKN015
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