Nemacolin Airport (PA88), Pennsylvania
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Nemacolin Airport (PA88) is a privately used general aviation field near Farmington, Pennsylvania, sitting at 1,995 feet elevation. It handles a small volume of business aviation traffic, all of it recorded as crossing the US-Canada or US-Mexico border by the FAA.
Runways
Nemacolin Airport has one paved runway, 05/23, 3,845 ft long and 50 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Nemacolin Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Pittsburgh International (KPIT), 52 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Nemacolin Airport recorded 172 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. Business aviation traffic at Nemacolin Airport (PA88) is concentrated between May and October, with October seeing the highest monthly count.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 33 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Nemacolin Airport averages 0.3 days above 90°F in July, 27.0 freeze days in January and 8.1 snow days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 78.6°F, and January the coldest, at 34.4°F.
Weather station is 3.1 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Nemacolin Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Clarksburg Approach; when Approach is closed, contact Cleveland ARTCC.
Activate the medium intensity runway lights for runway 05/23 by tuning to 123.0.
Rotating beacon operates for the ROTG beacon schedule.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Nemacolin Airport has five airfields within 28 NM. The closest is Joseph A Hardy Connellsville (KVVS), 10.42 NM northwest.
Part of the Pittsburgh area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PA88
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at PA88.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Is customs available at Nemacolin Airport (PA88)?
Nemacolin Airport (PA88) has no onsite customs. The nearest customs facility is KPIT, located about 51.72 nautical miles away, so international arrivals must plan their clearance through that airport instead.
What runway lighting is available at PA88?
Nemacolin Airport (PA88) has a single paved runway, 05/23, equipped with medium intensity runway lights (MIRL). Pilots activate the lighting themselves by tuning to 123.0, since the field is unattended.
How long is the runway at Nemacolin Airport?
Nemacolin Airport (PA88) offers one paved runway, 05/23, measuring 3,845 feet long and 50 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This is the only runway serving the field, which is privately used and unattended.