Lewiston/Nez Perce County
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Lewiston/Nez Perce County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lewiston/Nez Perce County, 2 miles south of Lewiston, Idaho, 1,442 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,511 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLWS · observed 12:56 pm PDT (19:56 UTC), 40 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am PDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLWS 061956Z 01004KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02110061
TAF KLWS 061720Z 0618/0718 36003KT P6SM SKC FM070200 17003KT P6SM SKC FM070700 11003KT P6SM SKC
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 LWS · ICAO KLWS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lewiston/Nez Perce County
- Elevation
- 1,442 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:30 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,511 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,003 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 185 ft high 6,500 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 4,750 ft available for landing
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 253 ft, 4,750 ft available for landing, ant 33 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.4 | Lewiston |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Lewiston |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lewiston |
| Cottonwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.95 | Lewiston |
| Lws and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.575 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 208-285-3657.
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 Lewiston from the FAA register
128 aircraft are registered to owners in Lewiston, Idaho: 80 piston singles, 31 helicopters, 5 drones, 4 turboprops, 4 piston twins. 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 Idaho.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 2 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
- (E94) lawrs
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 26; runway end identifier lights runway 08; PAPI runway 12 and runway 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude hvy and turbine pwrd aircraft 1560 feet above ground level all others 1060 feet above ground level.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3.5 NM.
- Frequent no radio agricultural aircraft activity in vicinity of airport.
- Lws apn east hngr ramp closed to air carriers except general aviation and aircraft wingspan less than 58 feet.
- Air carrier operations restricted on taxiway D.
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.