First Air Field
W16 · Monroe, Washington · Snohomish County · map
First Air Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles northwest of Monroe, Washington, 50 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,087 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W16
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 50 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to March, every day, 9:00 am to dark; April to September, every day, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1969
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,087 × 34 ft | Asphalt, poor | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, power line 50 ft high 1,913 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 500 ft, trees 88 ft high 1,164 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Monroe from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Monroe, Washington: 26 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 gliders, 2 balloons. 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- No objecion provided runway 25 is displaced 500'.
- Runway elev: 25 end 46', 7 end 33'.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- Grass and weeds at 70'; +4' posts at 100'.
- 6 feet fence 50 feet from end of runway and road 90 feet from end of runway; 10 feet fence and 20 feet hedge 135 feet from end of runway.
- Markings are faded.
- Markings are faded.
- Numbers 200' east of displaced threshold; numbers only; no centerline. Word - Monroe - painted midfield on runway.
- Runway 25 approach ratio 28:1 from dspcld threshold
- Aircraft parked in primary surface.
- Unsealed cracks and joints. Alligator cracking and vegetation through cracks and joints.
- Solar powered runway lights.
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.