Sanderson Field
SHN · KSHN · Shelton, Washington · Mason County · map
Sanderson Field is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Shelton, 3 miles northwest of Shelton, Washington, 273 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SHN · ICAO KSHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Shelton
- Elevation
- 273 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 49 ft high 1,053 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 2,298 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.1 | |
| Shn and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-358-3006.
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 Shelton from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelton, Washington: 37 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 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 · 16 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Beacon on water tower north of runway.
- (E94) sawrs
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 23; PAPI runway 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- 24 hour credit card fuel facility.
- Parachute operations on the field avoid crossing midfield to enter traffic pattern.
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.