Packwood Airport

Packwood Airport
IATA: noneICAO: noneFAA LID: 55S
Summary
Airport type General Aviation
Owner Lewis County
Serves Packwood, Washington
Elevation AMSL 1,057 ft / 322 m
Coordinates 46°36.25′N 121°40.67′W / 46.60417°N 121.67783°W / 46.60417; -121.67783
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 2,356 718 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 5,300
Based aircraft 4
Source: WSDOT[1]

The Packwood Airport is a single runway, public general aviation airport, 3 blocks west of US Highway 12 in downtown Packwood, Washington. No commercial service uses the airport, and flight operations are predominantly private, with search-and-rescue and wildfire control operations in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mount Rainier National Park a significant secondary usage.[2] Due to the presence of nearby trees and hillsides to the north of the airport, current plans for the airport are to remove the northern 146 ft (45 m), and add at least a corresponding length to the south end of the runway. [3] It is one of four airports owned and operated by Lewis County, Washington.

References

  1. "Packwood Airport-Packwood". Aviation-All State Airports. WSDOT. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. "Airport Facilities and Services Report" (PDF). WSDOT. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. Broadt, Lisa. "Commission Considers Access Change, Runway Expansion at Packwood Airport". Centralia Chronicle. Retrieved 20 October 2013.


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