Cougar Mountain Airfield
49WA · Yelm, Washington · Thurston County · map
Cougar Mountain Airfield is a private airport owned by Cougar Mtn Airstrip Assoc., 7 miles southeast of Yelm, Washington, 470 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 3,230 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49WA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Cougar Mtn Airstrip Assoc.
- Elevation
- 470 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 3,230 × 50 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Yelm from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Yelm, Washington: 56 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 gyroplane. 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 · 1 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
- Airfield can be extremely wet and very rough in some areas.
- Large wildlife is often on the Airfield and large molehills can also be a haz. Prior permission required to lnd.
- Lnd at your own risk.
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.