Chewelah Municipal
1S9 · Chewelah, Washington · Stevens County · map
Chewelah Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chewelah in Chewelah, Washington, 2,084 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,537 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1S9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chewelah
- Elevation
- 2,084 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,537 × 48 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 230 ft, tree 31 ft high 270 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 87 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Chewelah from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Chewelah, Washington: 20 piston singles, 4 gliders, 1 helicopter. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
- Provided trees on approach end of runway 17 are removed or runway threshold be displaced to provide 20:1 obstruction free approach surface 15' over sand canyon road.
- All patterns to the west.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and runway 35 oper continuously.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- 100LL and jet a available 24 hours credit card self service.
- 3 feet ditch +1 feet to +3 feet rocks and road 56 feet from threshold; 77 feet L, +14 feet trees 200 feet from threshold, and 10 feet sign, 86 feet R, 53 feet from threshold.
- Runway 17 approach slope 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Deer and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Lodging and food available at aprt.
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.