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Grant County International

MWH · KMWH · Moses Lake, Washington · Grant County · map

Grant County International is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Moses Lake, 5 miles northwest of Moses Lake, Washington, 1,189 feet above sea level. It has 7 runways; the longest, 14L/32R, is 13,503 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).

Weather right now KMWH · observed 12:52 pm PDT (19:52 UTC), 44 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the southwest (230°) at 3 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°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-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
  • From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
  • From Tue 9:00 pm PDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)

METAR KMWH 061952Z 23003KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02170072

TAF KMWH 061720Z 0618/0718 02005KT P6SM SKC FM062000 20004KT P6SM SKC FM070400 36004KT 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 MWH · ICAO KMWH
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Port of Moses Lake
Elevation
1,189 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
Attended
around the clock
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
Notes
landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
18E

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 7

14L32R04220927183614R32LH1H2N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
14L/32R13,503 × 200 ftConcrete, goodHigh-intensity lights
04/2210,000 × 100 ftConcrete, goodMedium-intensity lights
09/273,500 × 90 ftConcrete, goodNon-standard lights
18/363,327 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
14R/32L2,936 × 75 ftConcrete, good
H150 × 50 ftAsphalt
H250 × 50 ftAsphalt
  • Runway 14L: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 25 ft high 1,081 ft from the end
  • Runway 32R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
  • Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
  • Runway 22: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
  • Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
  • Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
  • Runway 14R: right-hand traffic pattern, gnd 9 ft high 620 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower East118.25Grant County
UNICOM122.95
ATIS (recorded airport information) · Mwh and automated weather (ASOS)119.05Grant County
Ground121.9Grant County
Tower West128.0Grant County
Approach and departure126.4Grant County
Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary)134.35Grant County
Emergency121.5Grant County
Moses Lake Rco122.4Moses Lake
Marlin and center (remote transmitter) Low126.1Grant County

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 509-762-5082.

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Aircraft registered in Moses Lake from the FAA register

170 aircraft are registered to owners in Moses Lake, Washington: 142 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 7 piston twins, 7 gliders, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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:

Big Bend Community College 32Rainbow Flying Service LLC 3Big Bend Community College Foundation 3Twotards Aviation LLC 2Two Js Aviation LLC 2Moses Lake-Warden Air Service INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal

2023-07-03WPR23LA248 · Found Fba2C CFXRB · accident · no injuries
2003-06-20SEA03LA109 · Maule M-7-235C CFCDM · accident · no injuries
1999-08-24SEA99IA148 · Embraer Erj-135 PTZJA · incident · no injuries
1998-07-30SEA98IA153 · Embraer Emb-135 PTZJA · incident · no injuries
1985-07-16SEA85LA172 · Bellanca 7Gcbc N36137 · accident · no injuries

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

  • Birds in the vicinity of airport apr and oct.
  • Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32R; runway end identifier lights runway 4; PAPI runway 14L - the common traffic frequency.
  • Ovr 12500 LB.
  • Closed except military operations; C-17 assault strip. Not visibility from the control tower.
  • Air carrier taxiway mov area only.
  • Military landing zone lights only.
  • Runway 14L concrete tdz fst 3240 feet; runway 32R concrete tdz fst 1490 feet.
  • Runway 32R fst 10000 feet grvd 150 feet wide.
  • Hvy jet training SFC-5000 feet WI 25 MI; psbl wake turb from runway 09/27 and 14L/32R operations.
  • Taxiway G unlighted.
  • Hvy military jet night training 7:00 pm to 3:00 am. When the control tower closed annc landing intns - the common traffic frequency.
  • Taxiway F not visibility from the control tower.

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.