OurAirports: Comments on airports in Washington, United States

[KSHN] "Sanderson" by Pilot_1975

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:39:34 -0500

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Sanderson Field, United States:

Landed here to look at a Cessna 150. Nice clean airport. No courtesy car, not much for dining. Frequent skydiving. Great pilot lounge.

[KOLM] "Landed at OLM" by Pilot_1975

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:50:20 -0500

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Olympia Regional Airport, United States:

Stayed the night. Used Jensen's courtesy car. Great FBO!

[KS36] "Great little airpark" by Pilot_1975

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:44:13 -0500

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Crest Airpark, United States:

Just a quick stop to say I landed here.

[1S2] "Don't screw up!" by Pilot_1975

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:52:40 -0500

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Darrington Municipal Airport, United States:

Don't screw up! The Cemetery is right up against 07. :)

[1S2] "I actually landed here!" by Pilot_1975

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:51:07 -0500

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Darrington Municipal Airport, United States:

A bit rough but not a problem. If the wind is up, pretty choppy around the trees.

[KBVS] "Excellent airport" by stingraydoctor

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:39:00 -0400

Comment by @stingraydoctor on Skagit Regional Airport, United States:

Corporate air is just great. Fueling is fast and the courtesy car is almost always there. I'll second the Kitty Hawk Cafe, good food and good view of the runway.

[KOKH] "I like it" by stingraydoctor

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:36:45 -0400

Comment by @stingraydoctor on AJ Eisenberg Airport, United States:

The tarmac is not great, there are certainly a few rough spots, but the fuel is the cheapest in the area and they have MoGas. There is a restroom and it is a great place to take new pilots to learn the illusions of narrow runways and runways with serious slope.

[K0S9] "Good diner" by stingraydoctor

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:34:31 -0400

Comment by @stingraydoctor on Jefferson County International Airport, United States:

The Spruce Goose is on the field and has great diner food. Aviation theme is fun, service is fast and the view of the planes is great.

[KFHR] "Great Yuppy type town" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:52:58 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Friday Harbor Airport, United States:

Very nice small airport. Close easy walk to town. Nice shops and restaurants. Try the restaurant down by the ferry dock, my daughter says its great.

[WA07] "Grass" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:50:14 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Barker Airport, United States:

My first grass strip landing! Bumpy but I enjoyed it so much, I did it three more times! Nothing here but grass. You should get permission before you land.

[KR49] "Decent" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:45:16 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Ferry County Airport, United States:

Decent small airport. No services on field. Great place to land and camp. State park is down the hill on the North end of field. Call Tiffany's Resort (about six miles around the lake). They will come get you. They have cabins and boats. Great fishing dock, nice trout, I have fished here for years. They also run the resort in the winter months for hunters. http://tiffanysresort.com/

[KW01] "Stop here if your engine is about to fall off" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:36:26 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Tonasket Municipal Airport, United States:

I stopped, I looked and I left. Interesting approach to the field is the most exciting thing about Tonasket airport. Long ways to town.

[S35] "3 miles to town" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:34:08 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Okanogan Legion Airport, United States:

Three mile bike ride to town. Long steep hill just outside of town. Not much here.

[KPUW] "Nice" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:30:41 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Pullman Moscow Regional Airport, United States:

Great college town, to far to walk. Great FBO on field.

[K3W7] "Quality" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:22:00 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Grand Coulee Dam Airport, United States:

Very clean tidy airport. The pilots lounge is maintained wonderfully. There is even pop, goodies and cookies in the frig. Camp on the grass and walk on the beach. If the water level is low, don't let the mosquito's pack you off.

[KS10] "Nice" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:18:58 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Lake Chelan Airport, United States:

A bit of a walk to town but a great small airport.

[2S5] "I loved this town!" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:17:40 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Waterville Airport, United States:

Great small airport. The pilot lounge is great. TV, couch, recliner microwave etc. Sleep here if you need to or borrow the ports bicycles and get some exercise on the short (1 mile) trip to town. Definitely eat at the Coyote Pass Cafe in town. I told the patron that her Starbucks quality mocha was way under priced and she told me she doesn't run the restaurant to make a killing she just loves to serve people. I believe it, the food was first class! Be sure to stop by the museum. The down home very pleasant ladies that run this place will happily and very pleasantly tell you a story about each of the museums artifacts. Be sure to ask them to darken the room with all the rocks and also be sure to check out the meteorite. I plan to return. I pitched a tent on the grass by the fair grounds and slept just fine. No fear in this wonderful small town.

[14S] "Wind and Tuna" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:06:35 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Westport Airport, United States:

Watch the wind here, It blows often. Great strip, close to town (1 mile to center of town). Stop at Merino's Seafood in town and load up on the best canned tuna you will ever eat. You will never eat a can of Chicken of the Sea again! www.merinoseafoods.com Small family owned business. They use only pole caught tuna. You won't be disappointed! I fly there once a year to just for their canned tuna.

[8WA0] "Decent grass strip" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:00:31 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Flying B Airport, United States:

Watch for the "marked" power lines at the North end of field. Not an issue, just be aware. Need permission from a property owner to land. Just land and ask, that's what I did. :)

[49WA] "Decent grass strip." by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:57:35 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Cougar Mountain Airfield, United States:

Supposedly need permission to land but all the numbers associated with this field have been disconnected. Land and ask an owner on the field, I'm sure you won't have a problem. No near by towns.

[KOKH] "Condition" by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:52:03 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on AJ Eisenberg Airport, United States:

The airport that got left behind. I landed here back in 1979 and I believe nothing has been repaired since. The runway surface then was great! Today its a crumbling poor example of a runway. Very sad.

[3W5] "In the middle of nowhere." by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:37:26 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Mears Field Airport, United States:

No amenities. Great touch and go light mountain practice.

[KBVS] "Great airport, few amenities." by PilotBobSenior

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:11:17 -0400

Comment by @PilotBobSenior on Skagit Regional Airport, United States:

If you need a great breakfast or lunch stop by the Kitty Hawk Cafe. Closes at 3pm, not open Sunday. No hotels or motels nearby. Need repairs, see Lin @ Vertex Aviation (next to the Skagit Regional offices or main terminal). He and one hired mechanic (Lou) run the repair shop. They both have worked on my plane and I'm still going there. :) If you like spendy red carpet treatment then go to Corporate Air.

[KBVS] "My home base" by Pilot_1975

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:35:18 -0400

Comment by @Pilot_1975 on Skagit Regional Airport, United States:

Great out of the way overbuilt airport. Hardly ever used but first class home port.

[KBFI] "Two Tower Frequencies" by jedouglass

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:35:40 -0400

Comment by @jedouglass on Boeing Field King County International Airport, United States:

There are two tower frequencies that should be noted. The east runway (31R/13L) is on 118.3. This is the frequency that should be used when departing this runway, or arriving from 0 to 179 degrees magnetic. The The west runway (31L/13R) is on 120.6. This is the frequency that should be used when departing this runway, or arriving from 180 to 359 degrees magnetic.

[WN55] "NICE!" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:02:04 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Randle-Kiona Airpark, United States:

The grass strip at Randle-Kiona Airpark is lovely. The folks who live there must be proud of their hard work at making their landing strip so nice.

[KPAE] "Boeing" by Anonymous Flier

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:00:34 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Snohomish County (Paine Field) Airport, United States:

Location of the Assembly point of Boeing

[KTIW] "Tacoma Narrows" by pilotal

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:02:07 -0400

Comment by @pilotal on Tacoma Narrows Airport, United States:

Very nice people. They took very good care of us. We stayed a week and didn't even charge us a tie down fee. We will be back

[38W] "Sharpening!" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:25:01 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Lynden Airport, United States:

If you've let yourself get sloppy and cocky then Lynden will fix that! Great little airport but it does require that you make a stable approach at the proper airspeed. I take students in there about once a week if I see them getting too used to the 6700 feet at Bellingham.

[S43] "Runway numbers" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:11:14 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Harvey Field, United States:

The new runway numbers are 33 and 15.

[32WA] "code 32WA" by rrobledo

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:52:46 -0500

Comment by @rrobledo on Whitestone Airport, United States:

The FAA uses '32WA' for Whitestone Airport, Tonasket, Washington

[US-0087] "code Z25 (KZ25)" by rrobledo

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:48:43 -0500

Comment by @rrobledo on Selah Creek Landing Zone Airport, United States:

The FAA uses Z14 for Tripod Airport, Aleknagik, AK

[WA63] "code WA63" by rrobledo

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:23:21 -0500

Comment by @rrobledo on Pleasant Farm Airport, United States:

The FAA uses 'WA63' for Pleasant Farm Airport, Washougal, WA

[4W6] "re: Closed" by david

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:55 -0500

Comment by @david on Blaine Municipal Airport, United States:

I confirmed online and changed the status -- thanks.

[4W6] "Closed" by Anonymous Flier

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:49 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Blaine Municipal Airport, United States:

Note that Blaine airport closed on Dec 31, 2008

[09S] "State Campground beside this airport, but no facilities" by Tony

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:45:18 -0400

Comment by @Tony on Sullivan Lake State Airport, United States:

State campground on both sides and a road passes close by. Not as quiet as it looks; you can camp on the field but there are walking trails crisscrossing the runway between the campgrounds and a steady stream of mountain bikers cross the runway. Despite being a state campground, there are no facilities, no restaurants, no stores close by.

When I was there in Aug 2009, there was a Forest Service firefighting team with two helicopters and a fuel truck operating from the airstrip. Approach from the South, along the lake. Runway rises to the North, then ends abruptly. There was a Warrior in the overrun with wiped landing gear, he floated and touched down late, ground-looping just before the steep drop-off at the North end.

[KSKA] "KSKA" by jmblanco430

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:45:08 -0400

Comment by @jmblanco430 on Fairchild Air Force Base, United States:

RUNWAY23---110.30---228º

[KOKH] "Please Note the Following New Information Regarding this Air" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:02:39 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on AJ Eisenberg Airport, United States:

Business Name: A. J. Eisenberg Airport, LLC

Business Address: 417 Second Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119

Business Phone: 866-429-2132

Airport Name: A. J. Eisenberg Airport

Airport Address: 1140 Monroe Landing Rd, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Airport Manager: Pete Morgan

Airport Manager Phone: 360-929-6802

Airport selling fuel: 100LL, 92 octane ethanol free mogas

[WA77] "Landing" by Anonymous Flier

Thu, 07 May 2009 09:46:03 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Enumclaw Airport, United States:

IF wind permits, land to east and take off to west. Avoid fling over school.

[KFCT] "re: FAA again" by ptomblin

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:57:48 -0500

Comment by @ptomblin on Vagabond AHP Heliport, United States:

Although those big "X" marks on the runway might be a good clue.

[KFCT] "FAA again" by ptomblin

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:56:50 -0500

Comment by @ptomblin on Vagabond AHP Heliport, United States:

The FAA calls this a heliport, even though it has a 1600 ft long runway.

[KORS] "my home base" by ranna

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:56:58 -0500

Comment by @ranna on Orcas Island Airport, United States:

the best airport ever!

[KVUO] "Pearson" by Todtc

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:16:10 -0400

Comment by @Todtc on Pearson Field, United States:

An airport with a neat museum and a lot of history. Visited here for the West Coast Cherokee Pilot's Assoc. Fly-In. Great location, just review the chart carefully and be prepared to follow Portland's instructions, especially if not granted access to Class C airspace.

[WA58] "re: FAA duplicate" by ptomblin

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:26:39 -0400

Comment by @ptomblin on Eliza Island Airport, United States:

But the two records also list different owners. I suppose the only way this is going to be settled is for somebody to phone both owners.

[WA58] "re: FAA duplicate" by david

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:21:27 -0400

Comment by @david on Eliza Island Airport, United States:

I think that's why the FAA hasn't spotted the duplication. From the sat view, it's clear that they're the same airport, with the runway described differently -- there's not room for a second strip on the same island.

[WA58] "re: FAA duplicate" by ptomblin

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:15:58 -0400

Comment by @ptomblin on Eliza Island Airport, United States:

Oh, and the two records have different runways, one is 16/34 1500x75 and the other is "NW/SE" 1500x100.

[WA58] "re: FAA duplicate" by ptomblin

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:13:22 -0400

Comment by @ptomblin on Eliza Island Airport, United States:

Interestingly enough, they aren't *exactly* duplicates, at least not after I've done processing them into my navaid.com database. The latitude, longitudes and elevations are slightly different.

I have WA58 is 48.6525, -122.584166667, elev 5 and WA93 is 48.652606388889, -122.57461722, elev 8. I think that makes them 1.8nm apart according to http://williams.best.vwh.net/gccalc.htm

[WA58] "FAA duplicate" by david

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:17:05 -0400

Comment by @david on Eliza Island Airport, United States:

The FAA has a duplicate entry in their database, listing this airport as both WA58 and WA93.

[US-59S] "Closed in 2006" by david

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:00:37 -0500

Comment by @david on Evergreen Field, United States:

From 1964 until it closed in 2006, this airport was home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club and the annual Evergreen fly-in. It was sold in 2006, but as of early 2008, had not yet been redeveloped.

[3B8] "had an aeronca ch7ac here" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:56:33 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Shady Acres Airport, United States:

it has not changed since 1976 stilla charming but short field