Cougar Mountain Airfield Airport

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Location

Latitude: 
 46-50-49.3640N (46.847046)
Longitude: 
 122-31-19.4290W (-122.522064)
Elevation: 
 470.0 feet MSL (143 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
 14.9 E (as of December 2025 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
 UTC -8.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -7.0 (Daylight Savings Time)
From City: 
 07 N.M. SE of Yelm, Washington
Found On: 
 Seattle Chart
FAA Region: 
 ANM

Contacts

Manager: 
Privately owned: 
BEN CARLSON
COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT, 19635 COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT RD SE
YELM, WA 98597
360-522-0471		 COUGAR MTN AIRSTRIP ASSOC.
19635 COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT RD SE
YELM, WA 98597
360-522-0471

Operations

Airport Status: 
 Operational
Facility Use: 
 Private
Type: 
 Airport
Activation Date: 
 01/1974
Control tower: 
 No
Attendance (Months/Days/Hours): 
 Months/Days/Hours
ALL/ALL/ALL
Boundary ARTCC: 
 ZSE (Seattle)
Responsible ARTCC: 
 ZSE (Seattle)
Segmented Circle Indicator: 
 No
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
 1470 feet (448 m)
NOTAM-D Service: 
 No

Based Aircraft

Annual Operations (as of )

Communications

CTAF:  122.900

       

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    Area Code: 206
    Business Name Frequency Phone Fuel Grade

    Flight Service Stations

    Primary Alternate
    FSS on Field:  N
    FSS Name (ID):  Seattle(SEA)
    Frequency: 
    Toll Free Phone:  1-800-WX-BRIEF

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    Navigation Aids (Navaids) near 49WA

    Navigational Aid (NAVAID) distances from the airport are listed in Nautical Miles (NM).

    Nearby Airports with Fuel

    Dist (NM) Name (Airport IDs) True Hdg Mag Hdg Fuel Grade
    17.2 Olympia Regional Airport
    (OLM KOLM OLM)    		 295 280 100LL, Jet A
    18.2 Pierce County/Thun Field Airport
    (KPLU PLU)    		 31 16 100LL
    21.5 Chehalis-Centralia Airport
    (CLS KCLS CLS)    		 241 226 100LL, Jet A
    25.1 Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County Airport
    (TDO KTDO TDO)    		 207 192 100LL
    25.4 Tacoma Narrows Airport
    (TIW KTIW TIW)    		 354 339 100LL, Jet A
    31.3 Auburn Municipal Airport
    (S50)    		 22 7 100LL, Jet A
    34.0 Norman Grier Field Airport
    (S36)    		 30 15 100LL
    34.5 Sanderson Field Airport
    (SHN KSHN SHN)    		 312 297 100LL, Jet A
    37.2 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
    (SEA KSEA SEA)    		 13 358 Jet A, Jet A-1
    39.8 Bremerton Ntl Airport
    (PWT KPWT PWT)    		 345 330 100LL, Jet A
    40.7 Renton Municipal Airport
    (RNT KRNT RNT)    		 17 2 100LL, Jet A, Jet A+
    41.9 Boeing Field/King County International Airport
    (BFI KBFI BFI)    		 12 357 100LL, Jet A
    46.4 Southwest Washington Regional Airport
    (KLS KKLS KLS)    		 199 184 100LL, Jet A
    47.5 Kenmore Air Seaplane Base
    (LKE W55)    		 8 353 100LL, Jet A
    58.5 Bowerman Field Airport
    (HQM KHQM HQM)    		 277 262 100LL, Jet A
    61.3 Goheen Airport
    (W52)    		 182 167 100LL
    64.4 Seattle Paine Field International Airport
    (PAE KPAE PAE)    		 8 353 100LL, Jet A
    65.1 First Air Field Airport
    (W16)    		 19 4 100ll
    65.7 Harvey Field Airport
    (S43)    		 14 359 100LL, Jet A
    66.1 Scappoose Airport
    (KSPB SPB)    		 192 177 100LL, Jet A

    Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS)

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    Remarks

    A110-1 AIRFIELD CAN BE EXTREMELY WET AND VERY ROUGH IN SOME AREAS.
    A110-2 LRG WILDLIFE IS OFTEN ON THE AIRFIELD AND LRG MOLEHILLS CAN ALSO BE A HAZ. PPR TO LND.
    A110-3 CALL OR EMAIL (FLY49WA@GMAIL.COM) FOR PMSN TO LND.
    A110-4 LND AT YOUR OWN RISK.
    A110-5 (CONTACT TITLE) ADDITIONAL CONTACT - BEN CARLSON FLY49WA@GMAIL.COM

    Runways

    Runway Summary

    Runways: N/S
    Longest Runway: N/S is 3230 ft (985 m) long
    Runways with an Instrument Approach:

    49WA Airport Runway Details

    Runway N/S  3230 ft x 50 ft (985 m x 15 m)
    Surface:  Turf - No special surface treatment

    Runway N

    Runway S
    Glide Path Angle: 
    		 0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees
    Traffic Pattern: 
    		 Left Left
    Object at End: 
    		 TREES
    Distance from End: 
    		 100

    Services

    Airframe Repair: 
    		 Major
    Powerplant Repair: 
    		 Major
    Fuel Available: 
    		 100LL, Jet A
    Landing Fees: 
    		 No
    Parking: 
    		 Tiedowns available

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