Washington County
AFJ · KAFJ · Washington, Pennsylvania · Washington County · map
Washington County is a public-use airport owned by Washington County, 3 miles southwest of Washington, Pennsylvania, 1,184 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KAFJ · observed 2:56 pm EDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAFJ 061856Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 17/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP221 T01670044 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AFJ · ICAO KAFJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Washington County
- Elevation
- 1,184 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 84 ft high 369 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,134 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.3 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace | 119.35 | |
| Afj and aWOS-3PT | 119.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 724-228-3529.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Washington from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Washington, Pennsylvania: 23 piston singles, 6 business jets, 4 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- In operation prior to 1959.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 09 PAPI unusable beyond 7.0 degreess right of centerline.
- 208 feet hill and trees 2937 feet from threshold runway end 09. 226 feet hill and trees 2941 feet from threshold runway end 09.
- 288 feet hill and trees 7238 feet from threshold runway end 27. 268 feet hill and trees 8091 feet from threshold runway end 27.
- 158 feet obstr lit pole approx 3389 feet from threshold runway end 09. 159 feet obstruction lit pole approx 3055 feet from threshold runway end 09.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.