Swanson Field
2W3 · Eatonville, Washington · Pierce County · map
Swanson Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Eatonville, 1 mile northeast of Eatonville, Washington, 843 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,990 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2W3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Eatonville
- Elevation
- 843 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,990 × 36 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 106 ft high 1,045 ft from the end
- Runway 34: gnd 20 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Eatonville from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Eatonville, Washington: 49 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 gliders, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Estabd prior to may 1959.
- Trees in approach and transitional surfaces both sides of runway.
- DUSK-0000. After 0000, activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Non standard pattern 16R.
- Runway 16 14 feet to 70 feet trees from 60 feet to 200 feet from threshold; sunken road 51 feet from threshold; road 88 feet R; road 79 feet L; 4 feet signs 57 feet R.
- Runway 34 road 102 feet left; brush 82 feet left; road 84 feet right; road 104 feet left, 69 feet from thld; circular road 40 feet from thld.
- Aprt name painted in center of runway.
- Deer on and in vicinity of airport dusk and dawn.
- Buildings are in close proximity to runway.
- Annc back taxi on runway. Gravel service road around runway 16/34 not available for aircraft operations.
- Restrooms available at trinity avn academy northeast end.
- Bicycles available at north end kiosk
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.