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Fly For Fun Airport

W56 · Vancouver, Washington · Clark County · map

Fly For Fun Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, 297 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,434 feet of grass.

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What is the airport code for Fly For Fun Airport?

Its FAA code is W56.

Where is Fly For Fun Airport?

It is 4 miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, 297 feet above sea level.

How long is the runway at Fly For Fun Airport?

Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,434 feet long, grass.

Does Fly For Fun Airport have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Are there flight schools at Fly For Fun Airport?

10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Flyit LLC and Camas-Washougal Flying Club. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Fly For Fun Airport?

22 pilot examiners and 14 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 Fly For Fun Airport…

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA W56
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
297 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
19E
In the FAA's files since
July 1991

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0725N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
07/252,434 × 50 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 07: power line 30 ft high 170 ft from the end
  • Runway 25: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 60 ft high 476 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Parking
tie-downs

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Portland International (7 nm southwest), Portland-Troutdale Airport (10 nm southeast), Scappoose Airport (15 nm west), Portland-Hillsboro Airport (20 nm southwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grove Field (6 nm southeast), Portland International (7 nm southwest), Pearson Field (7 nm southwest), Portland-Troutdale Airport (10 nm southeast).

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

  • Runway 07 calm wind runway for takeoff; runway 25 calm wind runway for landing.
  • Pilots bring own tie-downs.
  • Airport closed christmas and easter.
  • Runway edge marked with yellow reflector cones.
  • Road at runway end; 35 feet trees at 120 feet; 25 feet house at 140 feet, 50 feet trees at 257 feet.
  • Road crosses runway end. 22 feet house 240 feet from runway end on CL. 45 feet trees 480 feet from runway end on CL.
  • Taxi on runway and mowed grass areas only.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

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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.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Vancouver from the FAA register

201 aircraft are registered to owners in Vancouver, Washington: 185 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 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:

Aero Maintenance INC 15Wittco Aero LLC 3Haldeman Enterprises LLC 3Aviolease LLC 3Plane Fun Flying Club 2Foos LLC 2

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

Fuel and service companies in Vancouver, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

Repair stations in Vancouver:

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

22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 20 for private pilot, 20 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 17 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 16 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

All 62 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.
  • 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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/W56.json.

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 26, 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.