Desert Aire Regional
M94 · Mattawa, Washington · Grant County · map
Desert Aire Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Mattawa, Washington, 586 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,665 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M94
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 586 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1975
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,665 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: building 6 ft high 270 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Mattawa from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Mattawa, Washington: 17 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency 7 mic clicks.
- Taxiway marked with RETRO-REFLECTIVE devices.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency 5 mic clicks.
- No tgl prior to 0800.
- Transient parking located on southeast and southwest end of airport.
- Ems helicopter parking area on southwest end of airport.
- Long final and extended base approaches to runway 28 not advised due to close proximity of low flying fast military jets.
- Pavement rated for 18,000 pounds aircraft.
- Local weather adzy available - the common traffic frequency 3 mic clicks.
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.