Stehekin State Airport
6S9 · Stehekin, Washington · Chelan County · map
Stehekin State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 3 miles northwest of Stehekin, Washington, 1,230 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,630 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6S9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wsdot Aviation Division
- Elevation
- 1,230 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
- June 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,630 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 13: road 10 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 84 ft high 1,006 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Stehekin from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Stehekin, WA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 59.
- Airport closed 1 OCT-1 jun, except for pub safety/law enfocement hops. No military use except emergency.
- Pilots provd own tiedown chains.
- Trees in the approach area
- Runway 13 extend touchdown 3OOFT past thrshold rough surface
- Vehicles, pedestrians, and animals on and in the vicinity of runway.
- CAUTION--DENSITY altitude.
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.