Mattawa Air Strip
74WA · Mattawa, Washington · Grant County · map
Mattawa Air Strip is a private airport owned by Othello Flying Service INC, 9 miles east of Mattawa, Washington, 750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,600 feet of gravel.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 74WA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Othello Flying Service INC
- Elevation
- 750 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
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,600 × 50 ft | Gravel |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Richland Airport (30 nm southeast), Grant County International (33 nm northeast), Ephrata Municipal (35 nm north), Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (36 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Othello Municipal (26 nm east), Sunnyside Municipal (27 nm southwest), Richland Airport (30 nm southeast), Prosser Airport (31 nm south).
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
- (E137-1) power line on east end of Strip.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mattawa from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Mattawa, Washington: 17 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 Mattawa 19 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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/74WA.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.