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).
Weather right now KHQM · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 15 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the west (260°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,000 feet
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility 5 miles, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,200 feet MVFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 1,200 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 5:00 am PDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 5 knots, visibility 5 miles, mist, a broken layer at 300 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHQM 062153Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM OVC010 16/14 A3014 RMK AO2 CIG 009V013 SLP211 T01610139
TAF KHQM 061727Z 0618/0718 07008KT 5SM BR OVC007 FM062000 11008KT P6SM BKN012 FM062200 29010KT P6SM FEW012 SCT250 FM070600 04003KT P6SM SCT250 FM071200 07005KT 5SM BR BKN003
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.