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TikTok goes wild over one of many smallest airports within the US, the place there is just one airline and the runway is a mile lengthy

  • A TikTok confirmed what one of many smallest airports within the US seems like. 
  • Morgantown Municipal Airport operates flights on utility plane run solely by one airline.
  • “It seems like pressing care,” one TikTok consumer commented.

A video on TikTok supplied a glimpse of how tiny this airport in West Virginia is, with its mini-sized baggage carousel and mile-long runway. 

A TikTok consumer, @aboriginalscents, posted a video touring Morgantown Municipal Airport in West Virginia. The video has garnered nearly 530,000 views as of Might 30. 

The airport serves North Central West Virginia and measures simply 494 acres, which makes it one of many smallest airports within the US. Compared, John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport measures 4,930 acres.

The exterior of Morgantown Municipal Airport.

The outside of Morgantown Municipal Airport.

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The video started with a take a look at the departure space, that includes a small lounge the place 4 folks have been patiently ready for his or her flight.

A sales space belonging to Southern Airways — which is the one airline working flights on the airport — was proven after.

Southern Airways affords every day flights from the airport to 2 areas: Washington Dulles Airport and Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport. Flight tickets listed on-line begin from $29.

The TikTok additionally confirmed a clip of a pilot with a Cessna Caravan airplane, one of many three plane utilized by Southern Airways. The Cessna Caravan is a small utility airplane constructed to accommodate between 10 to 12 passengers. A glimpse of the airport’s mile-long runway was additionally proven within the video.

The video ended by displaying the airport’s compact baggage carousel and TSA checkpoint, with the caption: “Quickest safety line.”

TikTok customers poked enjoyable on the airport, with one consumer, @jrkinglol, likening it to an “pressing care” middle. Different customers in contrast the airport to “a lego metropolis airport” and “the airport from Animal Crossing.”

“My medical doctors workplace has a much bigger foyer,” TikTok consumer Karrjaden830 wrote.

A number of customers have been baffled at Southwest Airway’s use of a utility airplane for flights, with one consumer commenting: “I might be scared to go on that.”

One other consumer, @itme, shared her favourite characteristic of the airport — the luggage declare — writing that they “love the tiny carousel”. 

The consumer who posted the video, @aboriginalscents, responded to the remark with some disappointing information. 

“It would not work. They carry your luggage to you on the door lol,” she wrote.

Morgantown Municipal Airport, Southern Airways, and @aboriginalscents didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.