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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 95,768 takeoffs and landings a year. About 73 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTIW · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTIW 062153Z 05008KT 360V070 10SM CLR 18/10 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP206 T01830100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 95,768, 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 Tacoma from the FAA register
137 aircraft are registered to owners in Tacoma, Washington: 104 piston singles, 16 turboprops, 8 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.