Rules Roost Airport
5WA5 · Wapato, Washington · Yakima County · map
Rules Roost Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Wapato, Washington, 850 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,600 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 5WA5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 850 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2020
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,600 × 75 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern
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: Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (9 nm northwest), Bowers Field (35 nm north), Richland Airport (46 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (9 nm northwest), Sunnyside Municipal (19 nm southeast), Prosser Airport (29 nm southeast), Bowers Field (35 nm north).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wapato from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Wapato, Washington: 20 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Yakima 65 N Flying Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 10 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for personal flying.
- Yakima 872 Flying Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 10 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for personal flying.
- Yakima Aero Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 10 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for recreational flying.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wapato 21 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Jsh Farms INC 2 aircraft in town
- Yakima 65 N Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yakima 872 Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yakima Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 358 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 10,570 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5WA5.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 October 29, 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.