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.
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What is the airport code for Stehekin State Airport?
Its FAA code is 6S9.
Where is Stehekin State Airport?
It is 3 miles northwest of Stehekin, Washington, 1,230 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Stehekin State Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,630 feet long, grass.
Does Stehekin State Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Methow Valley State Airport (23 nm east), Lake Chelan Airport (42 nm southeast), Omak Airport (48 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Methow Valley State Airport (23 nm east), Lake Chelan Airport (42 nm southeast), Mears Field (43 nm west), Okanogan Legion Airport (46 nm east).
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
- 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.
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Stehekin from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Stehekin, WA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
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Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 10,568 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6S9.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 30, 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.