Deer Park Airport
DEW · KDEW · Deer Park, Washington · Spokane County · map
Deer Park Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Deer Park, 3 miles northeast of Deer Park, Washington, 2,211 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 6,101 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 126 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 36,540 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (GEG, 21 nm south), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 060° at 7 kt, -2 °C; 9,000 ft: 070° at 12 kt, -6 °C; 12,000 ft: 050° at 8 kt, -8 °C; 18,000 ft: 120° at 11 kt, -21 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA DEW · ICAO KDEW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Deer Park
- Elevation
- 2,211 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to March, every day, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 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
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,101 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 2,900 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.75 | |
| Dew and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 509-276-2303.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 118 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 3 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 36,540, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 17,475 |
| general aviation, local | 19,065 |
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.
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 Deer Park from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Deer Park, Washington: 38 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Felts Field (18 nm south), Spokane International (21 nm south), Chewelah Municipal (24 nm northwest).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Deer Park, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Deer Park Air Center LLC Deer Park Air Center is a flight training school located in Deer Park, Washington (KDEW), serving the Spokane region.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 4 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jared Ryan Testa private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Deer Park Airport · Deer Park, WA (0 nm) · (509) 999-2138 · jtesta@first-solo.net
- David Lucio Valenti private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Spokane, WA (18 nm) · (509) 999-2449 · flight@inlandhelicopters.com
- Douglas Glen Belcher instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Newman Lake, WA (18 nm) · (509) 999-4380 · belcherdpe@gmail.com
- Jay Daniel Bigley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Spokane, WA (18 nm) · (509) 434-4789 · jbigley@moody.edu
- Timothy Michael Lewis private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Northwest Flight Service · Spokane, WA (18 nm) · (509) 220-0498 · timothylewis1@icloud.com
- Kevin Walter Rothfus private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hayden, ID (33 nm) · (909) 223-8705 · kevinrothfus356@gmail.com
All 32 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and runway 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 16 and 34 operates continuously.
- Glider pattern pattern altitude 1000 feet.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway markings faded.
- Model airplane activity on airport.
- Coyotes on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Runway 05/23 heavy glider activity on weekends.
- Farming open active on land adjacent to runways.
- Runway 16 preferred calm wind runway.
- 175 feet tower 2000 feet west of runway 16/34.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Deer Park 43 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprops
- Burrows Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Deer Park Air Center LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 131 landing places
- Washington 10,417 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DEW.json.
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 9, 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.