Tacoma Narrows Airport
TIW · KTIW · Tacoma, Washington · Pierce County · map
Tacoma Narrows Airport is a public-use airport owned by Pierce County Pub Works & Utilities, 4 miles west of Tacoma, Washington, 295 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 103 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 95,768 takeoffs and landings a year. About 73 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tacoma Narrows Airport?
Its FAA code is TIW, and its ICAO code is KTIW.
Where is Tacoma Narrows Airport?
It is 4 miles west of Tacoma, Washington, 295 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tacoma Narrows Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tacoma Narrows Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tacoma Narrows Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Tacoma Narrows Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Boeing Fld/King County International, Seattle Paine Field International, Kenmore, Clarence E Page Municipal, Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal. Every route
Are there flight schools at Tacoma Narrows Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Pavco INC and Clover Park Technical College. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tacoma Narrows Airport?
18 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tacoma Narrows Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TIW · ICAO KTIW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pierce County Pub Works & Utilities
- Elevation
- 295 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Tacoma |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.05 | Tacoma |
| Ground | 121.8 | Tacoma |
| Approach and departure | 120.1 | Tacoma |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 253-858-6507.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Auburn Municipal (15 nm east), Seattle-Tacoma International (15 nm northeast), Bremerton Ntl Airport (15 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Washington · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Noise abatement procedure in effect - amgr.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17; runway end identifier lights runway 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pilots bring own tie-downs.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5.0 degrees left of centerline.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Lawrs operations durg tower hour.
- Emergency frequency 121.5 not mnt at the control tower.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 24 departures from TIW in those twelve months, carrying 63 passengers in 161 seats (39% filled), to 13 destinations (1 abroad) on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tacoma Narrows → Boeing Fld/King County International TIW–BFI | 5 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor, Air Excursions LLC |
| Tacoma Narrows → Seattle Paine Field International TIW–PAE | 4 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Kenmore TIW–KEH | 3 | 3 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Clarence E Page Municipal TIW–RCE | 2 | 13 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal TIW–RDM | 2 | 8 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Bandon TIW–BDY | 1 | 4 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Vancouver TIW–CXH | 1 | 6 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Tacoma Narrows → Seattle TIW–LKE | 1 | 6 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
All 13 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 86 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 95,768, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,127 |
| general aviation, travelling | 36,359 |
| general aviation, local | 56,771 |
| military | 506 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tacoma from the FAA register
137 aircraft are registered to owners in Tacoma, Washington: 103 piston singles, 16 turboprops, 9 piston twins, 6 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Pavco INC 11 aircraft · Gig Harbor, 5 miles away Pavco Flight Center is a flight school and fixed base operator at Tacoma Narrows Airport in Gig Harbor, Washington.
- Clover Park Technical College 23 aircraft · Lakewood, 9 miles away
- Treetop Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Vashon, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Tacoma:
- Majestic Aerotech INC Majestic Aerotech is an FAA and EASA-certified repair station that manufactures, rebuilds, and recertifies emergency medical kits, first aid kits, and aircraft parts for commercial and corporate aviation.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
18 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot; 13 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 36 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 35 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 training center evaluators, 52 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Maureen Claire Mayo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gig Harbor, WA (3 nm) · (564) 225-2443 · [email protected]
- Thomas Scott Crichton Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Skyport/Intercept Aviation · Gig Harbor, WA (3 nm) · (253) 720-0050 · [email protected]
- Galey William Corby instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Federal Way, WA (11 nm) · (206) 769-3398 · [email protected]
- Peter Kim private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Des Moines, WA (13 nm) · (909) 730-8141 · [email protected]
- Efren James Jamir foreign pilot certificates · Seattle, WA (15 nm) · (206) 833-9093 · [email protected]
- Howard William Wolvington private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · SeaTac, WA (15 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- Marie Fox Kellermann private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Puyallup, WA (15 nm) · (253) 273-2380 · [email protected]
- Matthew Joseph Coleman foreign pilot certificates · Seattle, WA (15 nm) · (206) 359-2061 · [email protected]
All 170 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 31 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tacoma 137 aircraft · 103 piston singles, 16 turboprops, 9 piston twins
- Wartime History Museum INC 27 aircraft in town
- Tumbleweed Leasing LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Clover Park Technical College 6 aircraft in town
- Airspeed Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Pavco INC 11 aircraft · flight school
- Clover Park Technical College 23 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Treetop Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Majestic Aerotech INC · repair station
- Boeing Fld/King County International (BFI) 5 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor, Air Excursions LLC
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 4 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Kenmore (KEH) 3 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Clarence E Page Municipal (RCE) 2 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (RDM) 2 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Bandon (BDY) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Vancouver (CXH) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Seattle (LKE) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 31 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 358 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 130 landing places
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TIW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.