Greenbrier Valley Airport is three miles north of Lewisburg in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Contour Airlines schedules airline flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program, to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 7,153 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 4,651 in 2009 and 12,293 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year). History The airport opened in 1968–69 with a 6000-foot runway; the 1975 Official Airline Guide shows Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989) Fairchild Hiller FH-227s and NAMC YS-11s nonstop from Charleston, WV, Huntington, WV, and Roanoke, VA. In 1979 Piedmont had Boeing 727-100 and Boeing 737-200 nonstops from Atlanta and from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, while continuing NAMC YS-11 nonstops from Roanoke. In 1983 Piedmont scheduled three daily nonstop Boeing 737-200s to Roanoke, continuing to Atlanta, New York LaGuardia Airport or Tri-Cities Regional Airport. Piedmont ended jet flights to the airport and by 1985 had turned its Greenbrier service over to its commuter affiliate Piedmont Regional which flew de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7s nonstop from Baltimore and Roanoke. Jet service returned in 1986, Air Atlanta Boeing 727-100 nonstops to Atlanta and New York JFK Airport. In 1989 USAir Express was the only airline, with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 nonstops from Charlotte and Washington Reagan National Airport and Fairchild Metroliner nonstops from Pittsburgh, all operated for Piedmont successor USAir. By 1996 USAir Boeing 737-200s flew nonstop from New York LaGuardia Airport while its commuter affiliate USAir Express was flying nonstop from Charlotte with Short 360s. In 1999 USAir Express successor US Airways Express was the only airline at Greenbrier, with two nonstop BAe Jetstream 31s a day from Charlotte. Facilities Greenbrier Valley Airport covers at an elevation of . Its one runway, 4/22, is 7,003 by 150 feet (2,135 x 46 m) asphalt. In the year ending November 30, 2011, the airport had 22,107 aircraft operations, average 60 per day: 67% general aviation, 18% air taxi, 10% airline, and 5% military. 26 aircraft were then based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, and 4% jet. The airport has four rental car companies, Avis, Hertz, Enterprise, and National. Airlines and destinations Passenger See also West Virginia World War II Army Airfields References Other sources Essential Air Service documents