Pierce County/Thun Field
PLU · KPLU · Puyallup, Washington · Pierce County · map
Pierce County/Thun Field is a public-use airport owned by Pierce County, 5 miles south of Puyallup, Washington, 538 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,651 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KPLU · observed 1:15 pm PDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,500 feet
- Weather: drizzle
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.17 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPLU 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM DZ SCT015 18/14 A3017 RMK AO2
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 PLU · ICAO KPLU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pierce County
- Elevation
- 538 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,651 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 2,800 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the right, road 13 ft high 242 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.5 | |
| Plu and aWOS-3 | 128.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 253-848-2748.
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 Puyallup from the FAA register
135 aircraft are registered to owners in Puyallup, Washington: 123 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 14 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.
- Ultralights prohibited.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35; PAPI runways 17 and 35 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 -CTAF.
- Pilots bring own TIE-DOWNS.
- Fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
- Noise sensitive all quadrants.
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.