Nelsons Nitch Airport
WN59 · Onalaska, Washington · Lewis County · map
Nelsons Nitch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles south of Onalaska, Washington, 520 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 1,850 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WN59
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 520 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,850 × 25 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 14: pline on the approach
- Runway 32: brush 10 ft high 60 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Onalaska from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Onalaska, Washington: 11 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- And 32 reflectors each side of runway - 150 feet spacing.
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.