West Ranch Airport
79WT · Ellensburg, Washington · Kittitas County · map
West Ranch Airport is a private airport, 8 miles north of Ellensburg, Washington, 1,962 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,223 feet of grass.
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 79WT
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,962 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
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2012
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,223 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
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: Bowers Field (4 nm southeast), Pangborn Memorial (24 nm northeast), Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (31 nm south), Ephrata Municipal (46 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bowers Field (4 nm southeast), Pangborn Memorial (24 nm northeast), Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (31 nm south), Ephrata Municipal (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
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ellensburg from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Ellensburg, Washington: 61 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 4 drones, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- Central Washington University 18 aircraft · Ellensburg, 5 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Ellensburg:
- Cline Air Services, L.L.C. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Ellensburg:
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ellensburg 76 aircraft · 61 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 4 piston twins
- Central Washington University 18 aircraft in town
- Cline Air Services LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Airoterra LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aircraft Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cline Air Services, L.L.C. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Central Washington University 18 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Midstate Aviation INC · repair station
- 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 10,572 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/79WT.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 28, 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.