Olympia Regional
OLM · KOLM · Olympia, Washington · Thurston County · map
Olympia Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Olympia, 4 miles south of Olympia, Washington, 208 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOLM · observed 12:54 pm PDT (19:54 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,500 feet
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.16 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:33 am PDT (18:33 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 3 knots, visibility 3 miles, mist, overcast at 1,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 700 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the north at 2 knots, visibility ½ mile, fog, a broken layer at 300 feet LIFR
- From Wed 2:00 am PDT (09:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility ¼ mile, fog, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOLM 061954Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT015 18/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP215 T01780128
TAF KOLM 061833Z 0619/0718 03003KT 3SM BR OVC010 FM062000 03006KT P6SM SCT007 SCT250 FM062200 03007KT P6SM SCT250 FM070600 01002KT 1/2SM FG BKN003 FM070900 VRB02KT 1/4SM FG OVC003
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 OLM · ICAO KOLM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Olympia
- Elevation
- 208 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- 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
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,157 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 58 ft high 1,360 ft from the end
- Runway 26: tree 107 ft high 950 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.4 | Olympia |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.725 | Olympia |
| Ground | 121.6 | Olympia |
| Approach and departure | 121.1 | Olympia |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-485-0905.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Olympia from the FAA register
242 aircraft are registered to owners in Olympia, Washington: 132 piston singles, 93 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 5 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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 Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 0 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.
- When the control tower closed activate high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; approach lights (MALSR) 17; runway end identifier lights runway 35, taxiway lights and directional signage - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 17 and 35 oper continuous.
- Surface condition irreg and uneven.
- Taxiway lights on taxiway west, a, L, and B.
- Airport field conditions unmonitored 1700 local - 0700 local.
- Emergency frequency 121.5 not mnt at 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.