Southwest Washington Regional
KLS · KKLS · Kelso, Washington · Cowlitz County · map
Southwest Washington Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kelso, 2 miles southeast of Kelso, Washington, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,391 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KLS · ICAO KKLS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kelso
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 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
- May 1941
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,391 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 45 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Scappoose and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.2 | |
| Kls and aWOS-3PT | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 360-577-1964.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Kelso from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Kelso, Washington: 19 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 14 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 15 may 1959.
- Nmrs flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Pilots bring own tie-downs.
- Midfield, out of service indefinitely.
- Airport ofc ads (not for mailing): 2215 B parrott way, Kelso, WA 98626
- Runway 12/30 medium-intensity runway lights non-standard spacing.
- +3' hill from 40' to 200'; 105L.
- No field condition NOTAMs available M-F 5:00 pm to 8:00 am.
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.