Ferry County
R49 · Republic, Washington · Ferry County · map
Ferry County is a public-use airport owned by Ferry County, 6 miles northeast of Republic, Washington, 2,522 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,498 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA R49
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ferry County
- Elevation
- 2,522 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1974
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,498 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete, good | |
| H2 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 61 ft high 1,022 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 23 ft high 432 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Republic from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Republic, Washington: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Suggest night landings be made on runway 35.
- Activate PAPI runway 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - 122.8.
- Runway 35, slope 69 feet R and 59 feet L from edge of runway.
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway markings faded.
- Runway 17/35 trees located on unlighted unmkd mountainous trrn.
- Power lines northeast of runway 17 lighted dusk to dawn.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of of runway.
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.