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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Olympia Regional (17 nm northwest), Chehalis-Centralia Airport (22 nm southwest), Tacoma Narrows Airport (25 nm north), Auburn Municipal (31 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Olympia Regional (17 nm northwest), Pierce County/Thun Field (18 nm northeast), Chehalis-Centralia Airport (22 nm southwest), ED Carlson Memorial Fld/South Lewis County (25 nm southwest).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Yelm 60 aircraft · 56 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Phantom Flyer LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Carson Cubs LLC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 362 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 130 landing places
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/49WA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.