Mettie Airstrip Airport
Z99 · Yakima, Washington · Yakima County · map
Mettie Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by the US Dept of Army, 10 miles northeast of Yakima, Washington, 2,151 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,600 feet of asphalt.
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 Z99
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Dept of Army
- Elevation
- 2,151 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2018
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,600 × 90 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 12: medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 139.6 |
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: Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (13 nm southwest), Bowers Field (21 nm northwest), Pangborn Memorial (41 nm north), Richland Airport (49 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (13 nm southwest), Bowers Field (21 nm northwest), Sunnyside Municipal (28 nm southeast), Prosser Airport (37 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
- Fuel fixed wing unavailable, rotor wing available at kfct
- AMP4
- AMP4
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) unavailable
- Caution - taxiway B used for drone (UAS). C17 aircraft should reduce outboard engs to idle on taxiways to decr fod potential.
- Misc - aircraft park ltd, mog 3.
- AF assault strip markings.
- Kfct operations - 142.3 395.225 remoted to gray aaf, WA (kgrf) manned continuous. Closed holidays. FSS-SEATTLE SEA-DLNOTAM sea.
- Communications - the common traffic frequency - 139.60 rattlesnake rdo - (east) - operates continuous. Closed holidays. 30.025 138.625 363.4 range operations - 40.2.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Yakima from the FAA register
135 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakima, Washington: 114 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 turboprops, 4 drones, 3 business jets. 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 Yakima, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Mccormick Air Center LLC McCormick Air Center is a full-service FBO at Yakima Airport in Washington.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Yakima 65 N Flying Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 14 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for personal flying.
- Yakima 872 Flying Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 14 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for personal flying.
- Yakima Aero Club 1 aircraft · Yakima, 14 miles away Yakima Aero Club is a flying club based in Yakima, Washington that provides members with access to aircraft for recreational flying.
Repair stations in Yakima:
- Cubcrafters Avionics LLC CubCrafters designs, manufactures, and sells backcountry aircraft based on the Piper Super Cub platform, including the Carbon Cub, XCub, and other models in various certification categories.
- Mccormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC McCormick Air Center is a full-service FBO and repair station at Yakima Air Terminal in Washington.
- Triumph Actuation Systems - Yakima, LLC
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Yakima 135 aircraft · 114 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 turboprops
- Cub Crafters INC 16 aircraft in town
- Aero Assurance Services LLC Trustee 10 aircraft in town
- Aero Assurance Services LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Cub Crafters Resale LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Mccormick Air Center LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Yakima 65 N Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yakima 872 Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yakima Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Cubcrafters Avionics LLC · repair station
- Mccormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC · repair station
- Triumph Actuation Systems - Yakima, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 358 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 10,568 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Z99.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 October 30, 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.
