Beautiful certificate from the
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport printed in the 1920's. This historic document has an
ornate border around it with an underprint of an early mono plane. This item is over 76 years old. This is the first time we have had this certificate for sale.
Certificate Vignette
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (IATA: WBW,ICAO: KWBW) is a public airport located in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, 3 miles (5 km) north of the city of Wilkes-Barre in the Wyoming Valley region of northeastern Pennsylvania.
Facilities
Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport covers 135 acres and has two runways:
Runway 07/25: 3,376 x 75 ft. (1,029 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 09/27: 2,200 x 100 ft. (671 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt/Turf
Wilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry, wilkes-bear-ah or wilkes-bear, and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar) is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It gained prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries as an active coal mining city, but has struggled economically since the 1960s. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 43,123.
History from Wikipedia and Encyberpedia.