Vashon Municipal Airport

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Vashon Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorKing County Airport District #1
Location Vashon Island, Washington, USA
Elevation  AMSL 316 ft / 96 m
Coordinates 47°27′31″N122°28′27″W / 47.45861°N 122.47417°W / 47.45861; -122.47417
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/352,001610Turf
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H19830Turf
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations2,000
Based aircraft28
Sources: FAA, [1] WSDOT [2]

Vashon Municipal Airport is a municipal airport on Vashon Island in King County, Washington, United States. [2] The airport is one of the few public airports in Washington State with only a grass runway. [3]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Vashon Municipal Airport covers an area of 20 acres (8.1 ha) at an elevation of 316 feet (96 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway and one helipad, both with turf surfaces: 17/35 is 2,001 by 60 feet (610 m × 18 m) and H1 is 98 by 98 feet (30 m × 30 m). [1] [2] The airport contains a sculpture commemorating a 1968 UFO sighting. [4]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week: all general aviation. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine. [1]

Commercial air service

Vashon Island Air provides FAA Part 135 Air Charter Service on the island.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 2S1 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Airport Reference Guide (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation , retrieved 14 July 2001
  3. Leslie Brown (Jun 24, 2009), Stormy weather hits Vashon's quiet airport, Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
  4. Jon Hahn (Nov 27, 2002), Welcome mat is out for UFO at the Vashon 'spaceport', Seattle Post Intelligencer