Vashon Municipal Airport
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| Coordinates | 47°27′31″N 122°28′27″W / 47.45861°N 122.47417°W | ||||||||||
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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]
Facilities and aircraft
Vashon Municipal Airport covers an area of 20 acres (8.1 ha) at an
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.
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Airport Reference Guide (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation, retrieved 14 July 2001
- ^ Leslie Brown (Jun 24, 2009), Stormy weather hits Vashon's quiet airport, Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
- ^ Jon Hahn (Nov 27, 2002), Welcome mat is out for UFO at the Vashon 'spaceport', Seattle Post Intelligencer
External links
- Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 2S1
- AirNav airport information for 2S1
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 2S1