Flying R Ranch Airport
WA49 · Cheney, Washington · Spokane County · map
Flying R Ranch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles west of Cheney, Washington, 2,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WA49
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2004
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,500 × 150 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: power line 25 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 36: power line 25 ft high 50 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Cheney from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Cheney, Washington: 10 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 glider. 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 · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- See airspace ltr dated 31 mar 2003.
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.