Ranger Creek Airport
21W · Greenwater, Washington · Pierce County · map
Ranger Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 10 miles southeast of Greenwater, Washington, 2,650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,875 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 21W
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wsdot Aviation Division
- Elevation
- 2,650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,875 × 30 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 15: trees 100 ft high 1,406 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 75 ft high 965 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Greenwater from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Greenwater, WA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Closed 1 oct to 1 jun except for approved military and public safety/law enforcement helicopter operations.
- Runway 15 2 feet sign, 45 feet R and 11 feet from threshold; 65 feet trees 87 feet R; guardrail and road 55 feet L; 2 feet sign 45 feet L and 11 feet from threshold.
- Has road, guard and +95 feet trees 90 feet R of centerline and 80 feet trees 84 feet L of centerline. 2 feet signs, 35 feet R and 43 feet L and 11 feet from threshold.
- Vehicles, pedestrians, and animals on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Usfs campgrounds east and north of runway.
- Guardrail and road runs full length of eastside of runway.
- Ctn: mountainous trrn surrounds airport.
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.