Port Of Whitman Business Air Center Airport
S94 · Colfax, Washington · Whitman County · map
Port Of Whitman Business Air Center Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Whitman County, 3 miles southwest of Colfax, Washington, 2,181 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,209 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S94
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Whitman County
- Elevation
- 2,181 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 829 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- January to December, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 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
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,209 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 492 ft, 2,718 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 443 ft from the end
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 450 ft, 2,890 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Colfax from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Colfax, Washington: 25 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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 · 5 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.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 50:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach ratio 37:1 from displaced thld.
- Hills
- Runway 08/26 farm machinery may be operating in fields on both sides of runway and off both runway ends.
- 30 feet building 250 feet south aer runway 26.
- Watch for birds in the vicinity of creek south of airport.
- Deer in the vicinity of runway.
- Dense agricultural operations february through october.
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.