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.
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What is the airport code for Mead Flying Service Airport?
Its FAA code is 70S.
Where is Mead Flying Service Airport?
It is 1 mile north of Mead, Washington, 1,905 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mead Flying Service Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,481 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mead Flying Service Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Mead Flying Service Airport?
10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Washington State Community College and Spokane Soaring Society. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mead Flying Service Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mead Flying Service Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,481 × 30 ft | Asphalt, 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 |
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: Felts Field (6 nm south), Deer Park Airport (11 nm north), Spokane International (12 nm southwest), Coeur D'Alene Airport (22 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Felts Field (6 nm south), Deer Park Airport (11 nm north), Spokane International (12 nm southwest), Coeur D'Alene Airport (22 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 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- Washington State Community College 4 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away Spokane Community College is a community college in Spokane, Washington that registers aircraft for a flight programme.
- Spokane Soaring Society 2 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away Spokane Soaring Society is an all-volunteer flying club based at Deer Park Airport in Deer Park, Washington.
- Ace Hole Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Amestoy Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Beacon Hill Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Palouse Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Pnw Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Skyraider Aero Club 1 aircraft · Spokane, 7 miles away
- Inland Northwest Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Spokane Valley, 10 miles away
- Felts Field Flying Club 1 aircraft · Spokane Valley, 10 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 4 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- David Lucio Valenti private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Spokane, WA (6 nm) · (509) 999-2449 · [email protected]
- Jared Ryan Testa private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Summit Aviation Spokane · Spokane, WA (6 nm) · (509) 999-2138 · [email protected]
- Jay Daniel Bigley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Spokane, WA (6 nm) · (509) 434-4789 · [email protected]
- Timothy Michael Lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Northwest Flight Service · Spokane, WA (6 nm) · (509) 220-0498 · [email protected]
- Douglas Glen Belcher instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Newman Lake, WA (11 nm) · (509) 999-4380 · [email protected]
- Kevin Walter Rothfus private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hayden, ID (28 nm) · (909) 223-8705 · [email protected]
All 32 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mead 9 aircraft · 9 piston singles
- Washington State Community College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Spokane Soaring Society 2 aircraft · flying club
- Ace Hole Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 359 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 131 landing places
- Washington 10,571 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/70S.json.
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 27, 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.