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Sullivan Lake State Airport

09S · Metaline Falls, Washington · Pend Oreille County · map

Sullivan Lake State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 3 miles southeast of Metaline Falls, Washington, 2,614 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,765 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA 09S
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Wsdot Aviation Division
Elevation
2,614 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
20E
In the FAA's files since
December 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/341,765 × 100 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 16: trees 200 ft high 1,209 ft from the end
  • Runway 34: sign 25 ft high 212 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Metaline Falls from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Metaline Falls, Washington: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal

2026-07-20WPR26LA272 · Grumman American Avn. CORP. Aa-5A N76GC · accident · no injuries
2021-08-06WPR21LA307 · Cessna 170A N5459C · accident · minor injuries
2013-08-14WPR13CA371 · Cessna 172H N8160L · accident · no injuries
2012-09-02WPR12CA389 · Cessna 182L N42014 · accident · minor injuries
2010-01-06WPR10CA099 · Cessna 182J N48ZZ · accident · no injuries
2009-07-23WPR09CA363 · Piper Pa-28-181 N2903A · accident · no injuries
2008-07-09LAX08CA225 · Cessna 182J N300DF · accident · no injuries
2003-07-12SEA03LA136 · Cessna 172H N2805L · accident · serious injuries
1996-07-29SEA96LA174 · Cessna 182B N2793G · accident · no injuries
1991-09-07SEA91LA244 · Grumman G-44 N63350 · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Existed prior to 1959.
  • Airport closed 1 oct to 1 jun except for approved military and public safety/law enforcement helicopter operations.
  • Vehicles, pedestrians, and animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Watch for ground squirrel holes in runway.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.