Friday Harbor Airport
FHR · KFHR · Friday Harbor, Washington · San Juan County · map
Friday Harbor Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Friday Harbor in Friday Harbor, Washington, 113 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,402 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KFHR · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 600 feet
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 55°F (13°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 KFHR 062153Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM BKN006 14/13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01440128
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 FHR · ICAO KFHR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Friday Harbor
- Elevation
- 113 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1939
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,402 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, building 32 ft high 904 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 70 ft high 2,650 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 128.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 | |
| Fhr and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.675 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-378-8491.
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 Friday Harbor from the FAA register
101 aircraft are registered to owners in Friday Harbor, Washington: 93 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters. 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 · 13 since 1982, 0 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
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- Landing fees charged for airlines and charters.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots bring own TIE-DOWN ropes.
- No attendance during holidays.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess right of centerline
- Soft ground between TIE-DOWNS northeast parking area.
- Preferred runway 16 in calm wind conditions.
- Due to high concentration of traffic in the vicinity of airport recommend landing lights or forward visibility lights turned on while utilizing airport.
- 128.25 monitored intmtly.
- Bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Customs apron located on east side of terminal ramp.
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.