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Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (IATA: CBE, ICAO: KCBE, FAA LID: CBE) is a public airport in the town of Wiley Ford in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is two miles (3 km) south of Cumberland (population 21,518) in Allegany County, Maryland. Although the airport is in the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, the FAA lists this as a Maryland airport.[1]

Greater Cumberland Regional Airport
  • IATA: CBE
  • ICAO: KCBE
  • FAA LID: CBE
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPotomac Highlands Airport Authority
ServesCumberland, Maryland, U.S.
LocationWiley Ford, West Virginia, U.S.
Elevation AMSL775 ft / 236 m
Websitewww.cumberlandairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,048 1,539 Asphalt
11/29 2,442 744 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations14,300
Based aircraft69
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

On the second level of the airport terminal is the Cohongaronta Gallery (Cohongaronta being a Shawnee name for the Potomac River) with an array of displays on the history of the Potomac Highlands area. The centerpiece of the gallery is a 40% scale replica of the Wright Brothers 1903 Wright Flyer. A 70-foot-long (21 m) time line highlights dates and events for the Potomac Highlands region. The gallery is open to the public during terminal business hours.


Facilities and aircraft


Greater Cumberland Regional Airport covers 314 acres (127 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 5/23, 5,048 x 150 ft (1,539 x 46 m) and 11/29, 2,442 x 150 ft (744 x 46 m).[1]

In the year ending August 2, 2006 the airport had 14,300 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 69 aircraft are based at this airport: 81% single engine, 7% gliders, 6% multi-engine, 3% jet and 3% helicopter.[1]


Racing


Pumpkin Carve Autocross, October 25, 2003
Pumpkin Carve Autocross, October 25, 2003

The Cumberland Greater Regional Airport was used for a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) airport course run in Wiley Ford, West Virginia (just south of Cumberland, Maryland) in the 1950s and 1960s.

Currently National Road Autosport holds autocross events at the airport on a monthly basis.[2]


History


US Airways began flights between Cumberland and Pittsburgh in June 1991.[3] US Airways discontinued the flights in September 2001 because of a lack of demand; the decision to end the flights had been made before the September 11 attacks.[4]

Boston-Maine Airways had flights between Cumberland and Baltimore-Washington International Airport starting in December 2001.[5] Due to lack of demand, the service ended in June 2003.[6][7]


References


  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for CBE PDF, effective July 5, 2007
  2. Autocross Schedule
  3. "Governors Discuss Initiatives". Associated Press. The Star-Democrat (Easton, Maryland). March 12, 1911. p. 3A.
  4. Barker, Jeff (November 1, 2001). "Flights to W. Md. to Begin Nov. 29". The Baltimore Sun. p. C1.
  5. "Few Take First Flights from Cumberland to BWI". The Baltimore Sun. December 29, 2001. p. 2B.
  6. "State-backed Airline Service is Ending". Associated Press. The Star-Democrat (Easton, Maryland). May 21, 2003. p. 12A.
  7. "Commuter Airline Ends Its Service in Western Maryland". The Baltimore Sun. July 1, 2003. p. D2.





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