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Tri-State Airport, also known as Milton J. Ferguson Field, serves Huntington, West Virginia, from a plateau site at 827 feet elevation. It offers a single long, hard-surfaced, lit runway equipped with an ILS at both ends, along with a full suite of tower, approach and clearance delivery frequencies, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for a VFR or IFR training flight in the simulator.
Tri-State Airport, officially Milton J. Ferguson Field, is a medium-sized airport serving Huntington, West Virginia. It is built around a single substantial hard-surfaced runway with instrument approach capability at both ends, giving it the feel of a proper regional field rather than a small grass strip. For a simulator pilot it is a good waypoint for practising airline-style approaches and radio work, since it carries a full set of tower, approach, ground and clearance delivery frequencies typical of a controlled field.
The airport sits at coordinates 38.3685 north, 82.5604 west, at an elevation of 827 feet, in Huntington, West Virginia. Flights in the vicinity are worked by Huntington Approach/Departure and, on the ground, by Huntington Tower, indicating that the field operates within controlled airspace with an active air traffic control tower rather than as an uncontrolled aerodrome.
The airport has one physical runway, 12/30, oriented northwest-southeast. It is hard-surfaced and lit, with a length of 7,010 feet available from the runway 12 threshold and 6,509 feet from the runway 30 threshold. Both ends are served by an instrument landing system, allowing precision approaches from either direction.
Huntington Approach/Departure is available on 119.75 MHz. The airport ATIS broadcasts on 125.2 MHz. Clearance Delivery operates on 118.05 MHz, and Ground Control on 121.9 MHz. Huntington Tower controls the field on 118.5 MHz, with Unicom available on 122.95 MHz for times outside tower operation. An Elkins Radio flight service frequency is also listed on 122.2 MHz. The runway 12/30 ILS supports instrument approaches to both ends of the field.
As a tower-controlled airport, arriving traffic should expect to contact Huntington Approach for routing and Huntington Tower on 118.5 MHz for landing clearance and any circuit or pattern instructions before entering the airport's controlled airspace.
Tri-State Airport is tagged as a facility offering customs clearance and landing rights, and it supports scheduled airline service, reflecting its role as a proper regional airport rather than a purely general-aviation field. Pilots planning a visit should be prepared to work with a full complement of tower, approach and ground frequencies as listed above.
