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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Spokane International (8 nm northeast), Felts Field (17 nm northeast), Deer Park Airport (29 nm north), Coeur D'Alene Airport (37 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Spokane International (8 nm northeast), Felts Field (17 nm northeast), Davenport Airport (23 nm northwest), Willard Field (29 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
- See airspace ltr dated 31 mar 2003.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
Repair stations in Cheney:
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 · 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. 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 Cheney 14 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 gliders
- Absolute Aviation Services, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 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 10,633 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WA49.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 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.