Yeager Airport — Charleston, United States

Yeager Airport, assigned the code CRW, perches atop leveled hilltops overlooking Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, a construction feat that required flattening several mountain summits to create usable runway space. The airport honors Chuck Yeager, the West Virginia-born test pilot who became the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight. Its hilltop setting produces distinctive approach and departure paths that pilots training in the region come to know well, along with occasional weather-related operational challenges tied to the surrounding Appalachian terrain. As the primary commercial airport for the state capital, CRW connects Charleston to major connecting hubs for business and government travelers alike.