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Lower Monumental State Airport

W09 · Kahlotus, Washington · Walla Walla County · map

Lower Monumental State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Wsdot Aviation Division, 5 miles south of Kahlotus, Washington, 813 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,300 feet of gravel.

The airport

Codes
FAA W09
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Wsdot Aviation Division
Elevation
813 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
19E

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0119N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
01/193,300 × 50 ftGravel, fair
  • Runway 01: right-hand traffic pattern, tower 680 ft high 6,800 ft from the end
  • Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern, power line 115 ft high 2,300 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Kahlotus from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Kahlotus, Washington: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal

1990-02-18BFO90LA029 · Cessna 150M N63506 · accident · no injuries
1988-11-08BFO89LA007 · Cessna 152 N93031 · accident · no injuries
1986-09-29BFO86FA050 · Mooney M20F N6443Q · accident · 1 killed
1986-01-16BFO86LA013 · Piper Pa-28-161 N4325V · accident · no injuries
1985-03-16BFO85LA028 · Cessna 172L N7586G · accident · no injuries
1984-06-09ATL84LA195 · Cessna 152 N5342M · accident · no injuries
1983-11-10ATL84LA042 · Cessna 152 N6470Q · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Provided the following appears in TH aim; multiple power lines 0.4 MI nne of airport. Caution; runway rough; rock surface.
  • Pilots provd own tiedown chains.
  • Gravel ptns of runway abndt of weeds and surface rough and soft.
  • Runway 01/19 runway surface emulsion layer crumbles.
  • Multiple powerlines 0.4 mile nne of airport.
  • Vehicles; pedestrians, and animals on and inov runway.
  • No winter snow removal operations.

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.