NOVEMBER FEATURED AIRSTRIP: RAINELLE, WEST VIRGINIA

Each month we highlight an airstrip with hopes that you will get out and enjoy these special places. This month, we’re featuring Rainelle, West Virginia.

Rainelle, (WV30) is a privately owned 3,300-ft turf airfield where visitors are invited to land, hike, and camp in a peaceful mountaintop setting with an amazing view. You’ll enjoy the new restrooms and shower house, thanks to the funds and planning/installation efforts of RAF Supporter Scott White, RAF Pennsylvania/West Virginia Liaison Chip Vignolini who secured an RAF grant, and local volunteers from the local EAA chapter and Cessna Owners. The facility is near the camping and tie-down area and has electrical outlets for charging devices. There are plans to add a dishwashing sink in 2025.

Visitors are discovering that this remote airfield is a great base from which to explore southern West Virginia. In the town of Rainelle, set out on the Meadow River Rail Trail, a 23-mile converted railroad grade. Hikers, bicyclists and horseback riders find themselves surrounded in nature all the way to the town of Nallen. See “the church that chestnuts built,” Rainelle Methodist Church, the world’s largest structure built entirely out of American Chestnut wood. 

The owner appreciates a call before you plan to land. For more information, see the Airfield Guide.

Submitted October 30, 2024
By Carmine Mowbray