Tri-Cities Airport
PSC · KPSC · Pasco, Washington · Franklin County · map
Tri-Cities Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Pasco, 2 miles northwest of Pasco, Washington, 410 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03L/21R, is 7,707 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KPSC · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:39 am PDT (17:39 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm PDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am PDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPSC 061853Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 23/08 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T02280083 $
TAF KPSC 061739Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC FM070500 03005KT P6SM FEW250 FM071500 33005KT P6SM FEW250
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 PSC · ICAO KPSC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Pasco
- Elevation
- 410 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03L/21R | 7,707 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 7,704 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03R/21L | 4,423 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 03L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 61 ft high 2,550 ft from the end
- Runway 21R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 597 ft, 7,110 ft available for landing, pole 49 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), tree 30 ft high 1,312 ft from the end
- Runway 03R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 21L: tower 79 ft high 2,445 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 135.3 | Tri-Cities |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.65 | Tri-Cities |
| Clearance delivery | 120.0 | Tri-Cities |
| Ground | 121.8 | Tri-Cities |
| Approach and departure North and west | 128.75 | Tri-Cities |
| Approach and departure East and south | 133.15 | Tri-Cities |
| Yakima and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 | Tri-Cities |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 509-547-7379.
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Aircraft registered in Pasco from the FAA register
115 aircraft are registered to owners in Pasco, Washington: 83 piston singles, 7 business jets, 6 helicopters, 5 turboprops, 5 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 · 16 since 1982, 1 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
- Established prior to 15 may 1959.
- Bird hazard; see special notice for Washington in aim part 3A.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 21R; malsf runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 03L and 12; high-intensity runway lights runway 03L/21R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03L and 21R, 12 and 30 on continuously. Incr/decr intst all runway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03R/21L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Not available as movement area.
- 81 feet tower 3036 feet and 900 feet left; 37:1 slope to dthr.
- Runway 03R/21L surface cracking.
- Pattern altitude 1500' turbine pwrd aircraft; all otrs 1000'.
- Water fowl on and in the vicinity of airport spring and fall.
- Taxiway G, G1 and E2 ltd to use by aircraft up to 100000 pounds and less than 20 feet main gear width.
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.