Decatur /Jones/ Airport
WA18 · Decatur Island, Washington · San Juan County · map
Decatur /Jones/ Airport is a private airport, 8 miles west of Decatur Island, Washington, 125 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 1,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WA18
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 125 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
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,500 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 01: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Anacortes Airport (6 nm east), Skagit Regional (15 nm east), Delaurentis Airport (16 nm south), Bellingham International (20 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Anacortes Airport (6 nm east), Friday Harbor Airport (9 nm west), Orcas Island Airport (13 nm north), Skagit Regional (15 nm east).
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
- <land south, takeoff north.
- Runway slopes down to north.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Decatur Island from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Decatur Island, Washington: 3 piston singles. 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fidalgo Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Anacortes, 6 miles away
- San Juan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Friday Harbor, 10 miles away San Juan Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights and charter flights in the San Juan Islands region of Washington State, with daily service to five locations including Friday Harbor and Orcas Island.
- Westwind Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Friday Harbor, 10 miles away
- Airhawks Flying Club 1 aircraft · Eastsound, 15 miles away Airhawks is a member-owned 501(c)(3) flying club on Orcas Island, Washington, dedicated to strengthening aviation in the San Juan Islands.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Decatur Island 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Fidalgo Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- San Juan Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Westwind Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 362 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 130 landing places
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WA18.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.