Stuart Island West Airport
2WA3 · Friday Harbor, Washington · San Juan County · map
Stuart Island West Airport is a private airport owned by Ralph Ericksen Farms INC, 11 miles northwest of Friday Harbor, Washington, 200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,560 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2WA3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ralph Ericksen Farms INC
- Elevation
- 200 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
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,560 × 50 ft | Dirt |
- Runway 27: hill 600 ft high 850 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Victoria International (9 nm west), Anacortes Airport (24 nm southeast), Vancouver/Boundary Bay Airport (25 nm north), Bellingham International (27 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Victoria International (9 nm west), Friday Harbor Airport (12 nm southeast), Orcas Island Airport (12 nm east), Anacortes Airport (24 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
- The common traffic frequency - 128.25
- One way AIRSTRIP--ALL takeoffs to east; all landings to west; runway 09 is unusable for landing; runway 27 unusable for takeoffs.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Friday Harbor from the FAA register
100 aircraft are registered to owners in Friday Harbor, Washington: 92 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Airhawks Flying Club 1 aircraft · Eastsound, 14 miles away Airhawks is a member-owned 501(c)(3) flying club on Orcas Island, Washington, dedicated to strengthening aviation in the San Juan Islands.
- San Juan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Friday Harbor, 14 miles away San Juan Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights and charter flights in the San Juan Islands region of Washington State, with daily service to five locations including Friday Harbor and Orcas Island.
- Westwind Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Friday Harbor, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Friday Harbor:
- Rugby Aviation, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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 Friday Harbor 100 aircraft · 92 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins
- Second Wind Aviation CORP 6 aircraft in town
- Cannery Leasing LTD 3 aircraft in town
- Lobbytools Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Rugby Aviation, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Airhawks Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- San Juan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Westwind Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 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/2WA3.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 26, 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.