Lynden Muni/Jansen Field
38W · Lynden, Washington · Whatcom County · map
Lynden Muni/Jansen Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lynden, 1 mile north of Lynden, Washington, 106 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,425 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 38W
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lynden
- Elevation
- 106 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,425 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 262 ft, 2,163 ft available for landing, trees 56 ft high 2,814 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 422 ft, 2,003 ft available for landing, trees 36 ft high 230 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Lynden from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Lynden, Washington: 24 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 business jet. 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, 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Use 3 clicks to activate rotating BCN- the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks.
- Use 3 clicks to activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport physical address: 8635 depot road, Lynden, WA 98264
- Automated credit card system for fuel.
- No white/red lights past displaced threshold.
- Road at 23 feet, ditch 43 feet left and 14 feet from threshold.
- Trees at 200 feet; 9 feet trees 60 feet right; road 101 feet left; 10 feet bushes 164 feet from runway end.
- Approach slope 16:1 to +17 feet road at 272 feet from displaced threshold.
- Approach slope 18:1 to displaced thld; 84 feet trees 1116 feet 0B.
- Report on downwind on 122.9
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.