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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

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
On the chart: Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation: 15E
In the FAA's files since: November 2018

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

Aircraft registered in Yakima from the FAA register

138 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakima, Washington: 117 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:

Cub Crafters INC 16 Aero Assurance Services LLC Trustee 10 Cub Crafters Resale LLC 6 Aero Assurance Services LLC 5Rocket Ride LLC 2

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

Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field YKM · 13 nm southwest Desert Aire Regional M94 · 17 nm east Bowers Field ELN · 21 nm northwest Sunnyside Municipal 1S5 · 28 nm southeast Vagabond Ahp Heliport FCT · 6 nm southwest · private Take Five Airport WN45 · 6 nm northwest · private Zirkle Fruit Company Heliport 98WA · 8 nm west · private Rainier Medical Plaza Heliport 99WA · 11 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.