Seattle Paine Field International
PAE · KPAE · Everett, Washington · Snohomish County · map
Seattle Paine Field International is a public-use airport owned by Snohomish County, 6 miles southwest of Everett, Washington, 607 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16R/34L, is 7,000 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPAE · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind from the north (350°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 0.75 miles
- Sky: sky obscured at 100 feet
- Weather: mist
- Temperature 53°F (12°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:29 pm PDT (20:29 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the north at 6 knots, visibility 2 miles, mist, a broken layer at 200 feet LIFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm PDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 200 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am PDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility ¼ mile, fog, a broken layer at 100 feet LIFR
- From Wed 4:00 am PDT (11:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility ¼ mile, fog, overcast at 100 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPAE 062053Z 35007KT 3/4SM R16R/1600VP6000FT BR VV001 12/11 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01170111 58006
TAF KPAE 062029Z 0620/0718 35006KT 2SM BR BKN002 FM062300 33006KT P6SM FEW002 SCT250 FM070700 35003KT 1/4SM FG BKN001 FM071100 VRB03KT 1/4SM FG OVC001
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 PAE · ICAO KPAE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Snohomish County
- Elevation
- 607 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- November to April, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; May to October, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 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 · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16R/34L | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16L/34R | 3,004 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16R: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34L: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 125 ft high 4,000 ft from the end
- Runway 16L: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 9 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 34R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 25 ft high 690 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Runway 16R/34L | 132.95 | Paine |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.65 | Paine |
| Clearance delivery | 127.175 | Paine |
| Ground | 121.8 | Paine |
| Tower Runway 16L/34R | 120.2 | Paine |
| Approach and departure | 128.5 | Paine |
| Olympia and star | 125.6 | Paine |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 425-355-6192.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Everett from the FAA register
115 aircraft are registered to owners in Everett, Washington: 107 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 · 54 since 1982, 5 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 16R; malsf 34L; high-intensity runway lights runway 16R/34L - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 34L operates continuously.
- Landing fee ovr 30000 LB gross weight.
- Closed 0500-1500Z. avoid int departure. Ltd to helicopter 8000 LB or less. Runup areas near F1, F5, G4 and NON-MOV area west of G1.
- When the control tower closed int departure NA. tgl NA 7:00 am to 9:00 am MON-FRI. runup area at A4.
- First 1000 feet runway 16R concrete.
- Alert; runway 16R/34L cnvgg traffic base to fnl 9:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Avoid low lvl otfc of boeing ramp northeast corner of airport.
- Training operations NA aft 2200 hours.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Itinerant departure of small aircraft ovr 250 horse pwr runway 34R.
- South 1200 feet east edge taxiway a, txl east from southeast corner of west hngrs to taxiway a and txl H from northwest edge of west hngrs to txl east not vsb 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.