River Bend Airport
9WA3 · River Bend Lodge, Washington · Pend Oreille County · map
River Bend Airport is a private airport owned by River Bend INC, 9 miles north of River Bend Lodge, Washington, 2,040 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 3,750 feet of grass and dirt. It has 1 water landing area.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9WA3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- River Bend INC
- Elevation
- 2,040 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1980
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04W/22W | 5,000 × 100 ft | Water | |
| 03/21 | 3,750 × 60 ft | Grass and dirt, poor | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 04W: hill 1,000 ft high 10,000 ft from the end
- Runway 22W: right-hand traffic pattern, hill 680 ft high 4,000 ft from the end
- Runway 03: trees 160 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in River Bend Lodge from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list River Bend Lodge, WA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Determination pending.
- Northeast end runway 03 unmkd; lnd at bottom of hill beyond windsock; road from threshold runway 21 to buildings upslope at 5 degrees grade.
- Diameter of circular landing/takeoff area.
- Rough and uneven; soft when wet.
- 4' fence each side of runway at runway edges.
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.