Floathaven Airstrip Airport
WA90 · Bellingham, Washington · Whatcom County · map
Floathaven Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by Mellemark INC, 7 miles southeast of Bellingham, Washington, 325 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 1,200 feet of grass and gravel.
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 WA90
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mellemark INC
- Elevation
- 325 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 1,200 × 200 ft | Grass and gravel |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bellingham International (8 nm northwest), Skagit Regional (16 nm south), Abbotsford Airport (18 nm north), Anacortes Airport (19 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bellingham International (8 nm northwest), Lynden Muni/Jansen Field (14 nm north), Skagit Regional (16 nm south), Abbotsford Airport (18 nm north).
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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bellingham from the FAA register
199 aircraft are registered to owners in Bellingham, Washington: 134 piston singles, 25 business jets, 15 piston twins, 12 turboprops, 7 helicopters. 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:
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 Bellingham, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Chuckanut Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Bellingham, 9 miles away Chuckanut Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Bellingham International Airport in Washington State.
Repair stations in Bellingham:
- Acuren Inspection INC
- Amentum Services INC
- Bellingham Aviation Services, LLC
- Jansma Design, LLC Six Pack Aero is an FAA Part 145 repair station based at Bellingham International Airport in Washington.
- Northwest Heli Structures, Incorporated
- Waypoint Avionics
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 Bellingham 199 aircraft · 134 piston singles, 25 business jets, 15 piston twins
- Kenmore Crew Leasing INC Trustee 59 aircraft in town
- Altair Advanced Industries INC 7 aircraft in town
- Bellingham Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Apogee Flight INC 3 aircraft in town
- Bellingham Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Tomahawk Aero Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Chuckanut Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Acuren Inspection INC · repair station
- Amentum Services INC · repair station
- Bellingham Aviation Services, LLC · repair station
- Jansma Design, LLC · repair station
- 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 10,630 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WA90.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 4, 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.