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Mead Flying Service Airport

70S · Mead, Washington · Spokane County · map

Mead Flying Service Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Mead, Washington, 1,905 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,481 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA 70S
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
1,905 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
600 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
19E
In the FAA's files since
May 1942

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/342,481 × 30 ftAsphalt, fair
  • Runway 16: trees 39 ft high 1,470 ft from the end
  • Runway 34: trees 40 ft high 890 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Mead from the FAA register

9 aircraft are registered to owners in Mead, Washington: 9 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal

2005-09-01SEA05LA185 · Piper Pa-22-150 N1829P · accident · no injuries
2005-08-20SEA05LA177 · Tichacek N-3 Pup N7702X · accident · serious injuries
1991-08-22SEA91LA218 · Piper Pa-22-135 N3781A · accident · serious injuries
1991-05-17SEA91LA107 · Cessna 182A N5048D · accident · no injuries

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.
  • No wint maintenance.
  • +3 feet fence at 65 feet, road at 74 feet and 2 feet slp 27 feet left.
  • Runway markings faded.
  • Runway markings faded.
  • Gnd soft durg spring.

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.