Kapowsin Field
86WA · Kapowsin, Washington · Pierce County · map
Kapowsin Field is a private airport, 2 miles north of Kapowsin, Washington, 720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,500 feet of asphalt.
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 86WA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1979
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,500 × 24 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Auburn Municipal (19 nm north), Tacoma Narrows Airport (21 nm northwest), Olympia Regional (27 nm west), Seattle-Tacoma International (27 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pierce County/Thun Field (6 nm north), Auburn Municipal (19 nm north), Tacoma Narrows Airport (21 nm northwest), Crest Airfield (21 nm north).
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
- Runway light may be unrel.
- May be soft gnd off pavement.
- Ctn - tall trees on south end app/departure.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kapowsin from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Kapowsin, Washington: 4 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:
- Safety In Motion Flight Center INC 11 aircraft · Puyallup, 7 miles away Safety in Motion Flight Center is a flight school and fixed base operator in the Pacific Northwest.
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 · 2 since 1982, 1 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 Kapowsin 4 aircraft · 4 piston singles
- Safety In Motion Flight Center INC 11 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 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/86WA.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.