Arlington Municipal
AWO · KAWO · Arlington, Washington · Snohomish County · map
Arlington Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Arlington, 3 miles southwest of Arlington, Washington, 142 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,332 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAWO · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the west (280°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: overcast at 300 feet
- Temperature 56°F (13°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.19 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 KAWO 061856Z AUTO 28004KT 9SM OVC003 13/13 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP229 T01330133 $
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 AWO · ICAO KAWO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Arlington
- Elevation
- 142 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,058 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,332 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,498 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 92 ft high 2,287 ft from the end
- Runway 34: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 176 ft high 3,967 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.5 | |
| Awo and aWOS-3PT | 135.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 360-435-8045.
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 Arlington from the FAA register
145 aircraft are registered to owners in Arlington, Washington: 119 piston singles, 13 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 4 gliders, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 47 since 1982, 6 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Glider operations at airport daily.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29 operates continuously; PAPI runway 11, 16, 29 and 34 operates continuously. Activate mals runway 34; reilrwy 16; runway 16/34 edge lights; taxiway lights the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for ultralights 542 (400), helicopters 642 (500).
- Pilots provide own ropes.
- 100L fuel available 24 hour credit card service.
- Runway 34 calm wind runway.
- Ultralight and powered prcht operations daily west of runway 16/34
- Winter weather operations and reporting MON-FRI 1600-0000Z.
- Runway 11/29 grass located between D2 and D3 dimensions 1400 feet an X 100 feet.
- Gld grass parl east of runway 16/34 not full length; 3 segmented gld grass areas between taxiway A1- A2, taxiway A2-A3, and taxiway A3- A4 with paved areas between. Gld grass dimensions: A1-A2 (685 X115FT), A2-A3 (1380 X100FT), A3-A4 (1220 X105FT).
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.