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Rosalia Municipal

72S · Rosalia, Washington · Whitman County · map

Rosalia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Rosalia, 2 miles west of Rosalia, Washington, 2,170 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,807 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA 72S
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Town of Rosalia
Elevation
2,170 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
19E
In the FAA's files since
January 1961

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0220N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
02/202,807 × 45 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 02: threshold displaced 165 ft, 2,505 ft available for landing, tree 58 ft high 1,452 ft from the end
  • Runway 20: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 137 ft, 2,505 ft available for landing, road 13 ft high 238 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Rosalia from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Rosalia, Washington: 1 piston single. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

1992-05-30SEA92LA220 · Bellanca 7Aca N9159L · accident · no injuries
1986-08-03SEA86LA189 · Luscombe 8A N1886B · 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 1959.
  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 frequency 122.9.
  • Pilots bring own ropes.
  • Taxiway reflectors - no taxiway lights.
  • 3 feet barbed wire fence 134 feet south of runway.
  • 120 feet towers and power lines 1600 feet from runway 02 end.

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.