Prosser Airport
S40 · Prosser, Washington · Benton County · map
Prosser Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Benton, 1 mile northwest of Prosser, Washington, 706 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,452 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 33 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 13,200 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S40
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Benton
- Elevation
- 706 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,452 × 61 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: trees 71 ft high 2,075 ft from the end
- Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM 122.8 9:00 am to 5:00 pm only. |
| S40 and aWOS-1 | 121.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-1), by phone 509-786-8889.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Prosser from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Prosser, Washington: 32 piston singles, 5 balloons, 2 drones. 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 · 4 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.
- Taxiways marked for night operations with RETRO-REFLECTIVE devices.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- UNICOM 122.8 9:00 am to 5:00 pm only.
- Airfield conditions unmon.
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.