Will Rogers Wiley Post Memorial
W36 · Renton, Washington · King County · map
Will Rogers Wiley Post Memorial is a public-use airfield owned by the City of Renton, 1 mile north of Renton, Washington, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W36
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Renton
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to dusk
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12W/30W | 5,000 × 200 ft | Water |
- Runway 12W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 124.7 | |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
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 Renton from the FAA register
327 aircraft are registered to owners in Renton, Washington: 149 piston singles, 134 airliners and large jets, 21 business jets, 7 piston twins, 7 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield 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 airfield NTSB records · 8 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
- Contact Renton tower when operating; for traffic data. When tower not operating announce intentions on 124.7.
- Extensive boating and personal watercraft in vicinity.
- Flocks of waterfowl in the vicinity of airport on lake Washington - be alert landings/takeoffs.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Water depths vary at docks and seaplane launch ramp. Use caution for localized shoaling.
- Drng rnt tower hours of operates and vmc weather, rnt tower has cntl of the west channel, over the water, at and below 800 feet above ground level. If operates in the west channel above 800 feet above ground level or outside of rnt tower operates hours, contact boeing tower, 118.3, prior to operates in the west channel.
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.