Tieton State Airport
4S6 · Rimrock, Washington · Yakima County · map
Tieton State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 2 miles south of Rimrock, Washington, 2,964 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,509 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4S6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wsdot Aviation Division
- Elevation
- 2,964 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,509 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 02: trees 33 ft high 30 ft from the end
- Runway 20: trees 199 ft high 894 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Rimrock from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Rimrock, WA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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.
- Pilots provd tiedown chains.
- Trees are on top of mountain/hill.
- Surface grass and small gravel.
- Airport closed 1 oct - 1 jun except for approved public safety/law enforcement helicopter operations. Be alert, airport winter recreation activities during airport closed periods. Military, low approach only during closed periods.
- Vehicles, pedestrians, and animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ground rises to northeast.
- Ctn: mountainous trrn surrounds airport.
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.