Methow Valley State Airport
S52 · Winthrop, Washington · Okanogan County · map
Methow Valley State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 3 miles southeast of Winthrop, Washington, 1,706 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,049 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S52
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wsdot Aviation Division
- Elevation
- 1,706 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,049 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 129 ft, 4,619 ft available for landing, other 4 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 231 ft, 4,619 ft available for landing, trees 39 ft high 538 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| S52 and aWOS-3 | 118.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 509-997-0142.
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 Winthrop from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Winthrop, Washington: 30 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 electric aircraft, 1 balloon. 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 · 3 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
- Rotating beacon pcl - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots provd own chains for tiedown.
- Usda forest service smoke jump base UNICOM. ltd advisories related to base operations mostly during summer fire season.
- Road at 0 feet.
- Road 0 feet, 125 feet L, road 182 feet, +5 feet steel post and fence at 78 feet, 80 feet L.
- Irrigation center pivot. Distance from end varies from 200 feet to 280 feet from runway end. Distance from threshold varies from 330 feet to 410 feet.
- Multiple trees. Distance from end varies from 425 to 730 feet from runway end. Distance from threshold 725 feet to 1030 feet.
- Runway 31 approach slope to displaced +65 feet tree 538 feet from thld, 39 feet right of centerline.
- Center pivot.
- Most restrictive tree.
- AGRI-IRRIGATION system
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.