# Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (MRB)

> Martinsburg, US · IATA: MRB · ICAO: KMRB · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `MRB` |
| ICAO | `KMRB` |
| City | Martinsburg |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 172 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 39.40190, -77.98460 |

## Description

The codes MRB and KMRB belong to Eastern WV Regional Airport / Shepherd Field at Martinsburg, West Virginia, a civilian-owned, joint-use field best known as home to the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing. Stationed here since 1955, the wing flies C-17 Globemaster III transports on global military airlift missions, while the civil side carries no scheduled passenger or scheduled freight service. What matters to importers is the site itself: MRB holds West Virginia's only on-airport Foreign-Trade Zone, with more than 160 acres of developable land where goods can be stored and processed under duty-deferred status, and it lies roughly 37 flight miles from Washington Dulles. No scheduled commercial air cargo is handled today; time-critical shipments from the eastern panhandle route through Dulles (IAD), about 75 miles southeast, or Baltimore/Washington (BWI). Airport management is courting cargo operators and advancing taxiway extension work, but until a carrier commits, MRB's freight role stays limited for forwarders. Interstate 81 keeps Martinsburg well tied into the trucking corridors between the US Northeast and South.

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