Flying H Ranch Airport
WN42 · Buckley, Washington · Pierce County · map
Flying H Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Flying H Ranch INC, 4 miles northwest of Buckley, Washington, 587 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,400 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 WN42
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Flying H Ranch INC
- Elevation
- 587 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
- June 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,400 × 75 ft | Grass |
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: Auburn Municipal (10 nm northwest), Seattle-Tacoma International (18 nm northwest), Tacoma Narrows Airport (19 nm west), Renton Municipal (19 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pierce County/Thun Field (8 nm southwest), Crest Airfield (9 nm north), Auburn Municipal (10 nm northwest), Tacoma Narrows Airport (19 nm west).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Buckley from the FAA register
72 aircraft are registered to owners in Buckley, Washington: 68 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 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.
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Puget Sound Soaring Association 2 aircraft · Enumclaw, 6 miles away Puget Sound Soaring Association is a glider flying club established in 1974 that operates from Bergseth Airfield near Enumclaw, Washington.
- Safety In Motion Flight Center INC 11 aircraft · Puyallup, 10 miles away Safety in Motion Flight Center is a flight school and fixed base operator in the Pacific Northwest.
- Green River College 23 aircraft · Auburn, 11 miles away Green River College is a community college in Auburn, Washington with nearly 15,000 students.
- Valley Fliers Flying Club 3 aircraft · Auburn, 11 miles away Valley Fliers is a Washington state non-profit flying club established in 1986 that offers aircraft co-ownership partnerships to pilots.
- N739Zx Flying Association 1 aircraft · Kent, 15 miles away
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 Buckley 72 aircraft · 68 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twins
- Bergman James H 2 aircraft in town
- Puget Sound Soaring Association 2 aircraft · flying club
- Safety In Motion Flight Center INC 11 aircraft · flight school
- Green River College 23 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 361 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 10,664 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WN42.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 12, 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.