West Valley Airport
48WA · Yakima, Washington · Yakima County · map
West Valley Airport is a private airport owned by Falcon Ridge Property Owners Assn, 12 miles southwest of Yakima, Washington, 1,900 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 48WA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Falcon Ridge Property Owners Assn
- Elevation
- 1,900 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1996
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,400 × 36 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 07: hill 40 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Apt Remark 3 With Common traffic advisory (CTAF) Freq | 122.9 | · The common traffic frequency 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Yakima from the FAA register
138 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakima, Washington: 117 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 turboprops, 4 drones, 3 business jets. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer; elk and coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- The common traffic frequency 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.