Signal Peak Lookout Heliport
40WA · White Swan, Washington · Yakima County · map
Signal Peak Lookout Heliport is a private heliport owned by Yakama Nation, 26 miles southwest of White Swan, Washington, 5,111 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 32 by 32 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 40WA
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Yakama Nation
- Elevation
- 5,111 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, every day, daylight hours
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1962
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 32 × 32 ft | Concrete, fair |
Aircraft registered in White Swan from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in White Swan, Washington: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Non compliance with far 157.
- Use restricted to bureau indian affairs and Yakima indian nation for fire suppression
- Buildings and trees northwest, north and northeast.
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.