Apex Airpark
8W5 · Silverdale, Washington · Kitsap County · map
Apex Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Apex Property Owners, INC., 2 miles northwest of Silverdale, Washington, 525 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,491 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Apex Airpark?
Its FAA code is 8W5.
Where is Apex Airpark?
It is 2 miles northwest of Silverdale, Washington, 525 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Apex Airpark?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,491 feet long, asphalt.
Does Apex Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Apex Airpark?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Bremerton City Flying Club and Avian Flight Center INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Apex Airpark?
17 pilot examiners and 37 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 Apex Airpark…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8W5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Apex Property Owners, INC.
- Elevation
- 525 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,491 × 28 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: trees 68 ft high 844 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 68 ft high 1,035 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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: Bremerton Ntl Airport (10 nm south), Boeing Fld/King County International (19 nm southeast), Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (20 nm east), Seattle-Tacoma International (21 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bremerton Ntl Airport (10 nm south), Boeing Fld/King County International (19 nm southeast), Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base (20 nm east), Renton Municipal (23 nm southeast).
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
- Taxiway east side runway.
- 2 feet fence, 26 feet right at 60 feet; 60 feet trees, 65 feet right at 165 feet; 3 feet brush, 67 feet L at 37 feet; 16 feet building at 55 feet, 80 feet left; 17 feet building at 77 feet, 72 feet right; 4 feet at 100 feet. Fence 108 feet L at 57 feet; 9 feet trees 37 R at 100 feet.
- 4 feet sign 66 feet right at 45 feet, 10 feet to 70 feet brush and trees 85-125 feet left from threshold to 200 feet; 3 feet brush at 100 feet, L and R of centerline.
- Airport name and segemented crc painted on runway at midfield.
- No LN of sight between runway ends. Tax to MID-FLD RUN-UP area required prior to takeoff to clr for opdt.
- Trees, aircraft and bdlgs in trsn surfaces.
- Children and pets etc. In the vicinity of airport.
- Be alert on taxiway.
- All traffic patterns east of field.
- Calm wind runway is runway 35.
- Use ctn for aircraft operating on grass west of runway.
- Int takeoff prohibited.
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 Silverdale from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Silverdale, Washington: 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop. 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:
- Bremerton City Flying Club 1 aircraft · Poulsbo, 6 miles away
- Avian Flight Center INC 1 aircraft · Bremerton, 12 miles away Avian Flight Center is a full-service FBO, flight school, and aircraft maintenance facility located at Bremerton National Airport in Washington.
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
17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot; 12 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 37 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 39 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 training center evaluators, 52 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Jay Todhunter private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; seaplanes · Kenmore Air Harbor · Kenmore, WA (20 nm) · (425) 985-9161 · [email protected]
- Michelle Langlie private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Kenmore Air Harbor · Kenmore, WA (20 nm) · (206) 999-6734 · [email protected]
- Efren James Jamir foreign pilot certificates · Seattle, WA (21 nm) · (206) 833-9093 · [email protected]
- Howard William Wolvington 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, seaplanes · SeaTac, WA (21 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- Matthew Joseph Coleman foreign pilot certificates · Seattle, WA (21 nm) · (206) 359-2061 · [email protected]
- Thomas Scott Crichton Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SEA FSDO - 01 · Seattle, WA (21 nm) · (253) 720-0050 · [email protected]
- Maureen Claire Mayo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gig Harbor, WA (22 nm) · (564) 225-2443 · [email protected]
- Grant Carl Moshner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tukwila, WA (23 nm) · (253) 709-3167 · [email protected]
All 176 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 6 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 Silverdale 45 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 drones
- Alaska Aircraft Leasing LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Submarine Group 9 2 aircraft in town
- Bremerton City Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Avian Flight Center INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 362 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/8W5.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.