Forks Airport
S18 · Forks, Washington · Clallam County · map
Forks Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Forks, 1 mile southwest of Forks, Washington, 299 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S18
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Forks
- Elevation
- 299 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1939
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: trees 61 ft high 373 ft from the end
- Runway 22: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 68 ft high 581 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Forks from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Forks, Washington: 8 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.
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 · 1 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 5/15/59.
- Parl TW marked with reflectors.
- Pilots bring own TIE-DOWNS.
- Extn 106.
- All patterns north of field.
- Row of jersey barriers 142 feet east of centerline extending full length of the runway; 4 feet sign, 61 feet from threshold, 115 feet rite.
- 4 feet sign, 70 feet from threshold, 90 feet L.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.