Renton Municipal
RNT · KRNT · Renton, Washington · King County · map
Renton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Renton in Renton, Washington, 32 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,382 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRNT · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KRNT 062153Z 33010KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01780117
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 RNT · ICAO KRNT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Renton
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,218 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · oct 1-apr 30 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; may 1-sep 30 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,382 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 304 ft, 4,742 ft available for landing, trees 290 ft high 10,000 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 340 ft, 4,742 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.7 | Renton |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Rnt and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.95 | Renton |
| Ground | 121.6 | Renton |
| Approach and de · Approach and departure · Bellevue and dp 017-079 sea runway 34; 028-160 sea runway 16 | 119.2 | Renton |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 223-289 sea, runway 16; 223-301 sea, runway 34 | 120.1 | Renton |
| Approach and departure 301-340 sea, runway 34 | 120.4 | Renton |
| Approach · Glasr and star Runway 16 | 123.9 | Renton |
| Approach and departure · Approach · Class B airspace 080-125 sea, runway 34; 290-315 sea, runway 16 | 125.9 | Renton |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 126-222 sea, runway 34; 161-222 sea, runway 16 | 126.5 | Renton |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 302-016 sea, runway 34; 316-027 sea, runway 16 | 128.5 | Renton |
| Olympia and star | 125.6 | Renton |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 425-255-6080.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Renton from the FAA register
327 aircraft are registered to owners in Renton, Washington: 149 piston singles, 134 airliners and large jets, 21 business jets, 7 piston twins, 7 helicopters. 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 · 30 since 1982, 4 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 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 16 and 34 on continuously.
- Pattern altitude west of the airport is 1218 feet above ground level due to trrn imtly west of the airport.
- Pilots provd own tiedown chains.
- 10,000 feet from runway threshold.
- Approach slope 13:1 to dthr due to 1323 feet tree 442 feet left of centerline; 17:1 to dthr due to 933 feet tree 180 feet left of centerline; 26:1 due to 20 feet blast fence 530 feet from dthr.
- Numerous flocks of birds in the vicinity of airport and along lake Washington shoreline at all times.
- West taxiway closed to aircraft with wing span 118 feet or ovr.
- Afis (adcus) available.
- Be alert for boeing production aircraft being towed air carriers the runway durg hours the control tower closed.
- Spb northwest corner airport.
- Runway 34 12 feet blast fence 155 feet from eor.
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.