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.
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What is the airport code for Sullivan Lake State Airport?
Its FAA code is 09S.
Where is Sullivan Lake State Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Metaline Falls, Washington, 2,614 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Sullivan Lake State Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,765 feet long, grass.
Does Sullivan Lake State Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sullivan Lake State Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,765 × 100 ft | Grass, 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Colville Municipal (30 nm southwest), Chewelah Municipal (37 nm southwest), Boundary County (40 nm east), Sandpoint Airport (43 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Colville Municipal (30 nm southwest), Chewelah Municipal (37 nm southwest), Boundary County (40 nm east), Sandpoint Airport (43 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Washington · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives.
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Metaline Falls 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 359 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 131 landing places
- Washington 10,571 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/09S.json.
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 27, 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.