Bowerman Field
HQM · KHQM · Hoquiam, Washington · Grays Harbor County · map
Bowerman Field is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Grays Harbor, 2 miles west of Hoquiam, Washington, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 2,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Bowerman Field?
Its FAA code is HQM, and its ICAO code is KHQM.
Where is Bowerman Field?
It is 2 miles west of Hoquiam, Washington, 18 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bowerman Field?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Bowerman Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bowerman Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Bowerman Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Big M Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bowerman Field?
2 pilot examiners and 4 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 Bowerman Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HQM · ICAO KHQM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Grays Harbor
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Hoquiam and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 128.3 | |
| Hqm and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.775 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-538-7021.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sanderson Field (36 nm northeast), Olympia Regional (42 nm east), Chehalis-Centralia Airport (43 nm southeast).
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 1959.
- <flocks of waterfowl on and in vicinity airport. Caution advised.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24, PAPI runway 06/24, approach lights (MALSR) runway 24 and runway end identifier lights runway 06 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL and jet a available 24 hours a day with major credit card.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Service road south of runway in primary surface.
- 103 feet crane 0.2 NM southwest of aer runway 24.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 12 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
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 2,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,000 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
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 Hoquiam from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Hoquiam, Washington: 1 piston twin, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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:
- Big M Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Aberdeen, 6 miles away
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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Julie Ann Elizabeth Paasch private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oakville, WA (26 nm) · (801) 726-4770 · [email protected]
- David Ames private pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Tumwater, WA (36 nm) · (509) 929-7171 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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 Hoquiam 2 aircraft · 1 piston twins, 1 piston singles
- Big M Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 362 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/HQM.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.