Walla Walla Regional
ALW · KALW · Walla Walla, Washington · Walla Walla County · map
Walla Walla Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Walla Walla, 3 miles northeast of Walla Walla, Washington, 1,194 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 6,527 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 118 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 37,012 takeoffs and landings a year. About 36,378 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Walla Walla Regional?
Its FAA code is ALW, and its ICAO code is KALW.
Where is Walla Walla Regional?
It is 3 miles northeast of Walla Walla, Washington, 1,194 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Walla Walla Regional?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 6,527 feet long, concrete.
Does Walla Walla Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Walla Walla Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Walla Walla Regional?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Seattle-Tacoma International, Seattle Paine Field International, Boeing Fld/King County International, Chelan. Every route
Are there flight schools at Walla Walla Regional?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Hurricane Creek Flying Club LLC and Walla Walla University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Walla Walla Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 3 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 Walla Walla Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ALW · ICAO KALW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Walla Walla
- Elevation
- 1,194 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,527 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Walla Walla |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.6 | Walla Walla |
| Approach and departure | 133.15 | Walla Walla |
| Yakima and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 | Walla Walla |
| Alw and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.875 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 509-525-3014.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Eastern Oregon Regional AT Pendleton (33 nm southwest), Tri-Cities Airport (36 nm west), Hermiston Municipal (44 nm west).
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
- Estabd prior to may 1959.
- Surface conditions unmon 12:00 am to 3:00 am.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20, runway end identifier lights runway 02 and high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service credit card fueling facility located 600 feet north of the control tower.
- Ptn of corner at taxiway a and taxiway A1 not vsb by tower.
- Taxiway a,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5 open to air carriers.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 717 departures from ALW in those twelve months, carrying 37,210 passengers in 54,074 seats (69% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Regional → Seattle-Tacoma International ALW–SEA | 712 | 37,193 | Horizon Air, Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Walla Walla Regional → Seattle Paine Field International ALW–PAE | 3 | 8 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Walla Walla Regional → Boeing Fld/King County International ALW–BFI | 1 | 7 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Walla Walla Regional → Chelan ALW–VWE | 1 | 2 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 106 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 37,012, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 721 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,137 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,755 |
| general aviation, local | 21,326 |
| military | 73 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Walla Walla from the FAA register
70 aircraft are registered to owners in Walla Walla, Washington: 58 piston singles, 5 balloons, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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:
- Hurricane Creek Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Walla Walla
- Walla Walla University 9 aircraft · College Place, 7 miles away Walla Walla University is a private Christian liberal arts university in College Place, Washington.
- Mountain Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Milton Freewater, 12 miles away Mountain Flyers Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina.
Charter operators and airlines based in Walla Walla:
- Butler Aircraft Company 2 aircraft on the certificate
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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Julian Pridmore-Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Union County Airport · La Grande, OR (50 nm) · (503) 709-9109 · [email protected]
All 8 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 7 since 1982, 0 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 Walla Walla 70 aircraft · 58 piston singles, 5 balloons, 3 piston twins
- Skorina Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Toil Oregon Vineyards LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hurricane Creek Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Butler Aircraft Company 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hurricane Creek Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Walla Walla University 9 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Mountain Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 712 flights in twelve months · Horizon Air, Kenmore Air Harbor
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 3 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Boeing Fld/King County International (BFI) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Chelan (VWE) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 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/ALW.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.