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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 06 AUGUST 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 49WA
Lat/Long: 46-50-49.3640N 122-31-19.4290W
46-50.822733N 122-31.323817W
46.8470456,-122.5220636
(estimated)
Elevation: 470 ft. / 143 m (estimated)
Variation: 20E (1985)
From city: 7 miles SE of YELM, WA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 98597

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 01/1974
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at OLM (17 nm NW): PHONE 360-485-0905
WX ASOS at TCM (18 nm N): PHONE 253-982-3434
WX AWOS-3 at PLU (18 nm NE): 128.575 (253-848-2748)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OLMr097/17.3OLYMPIA VORTAC113.4019E
SEAr175/36.3SEATTLE VORTAC116.8019E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 3230 x 50 ft. / 985 x 15 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY N  RUNWAY S
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: nonetrees, 100 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

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

Additional Remarks

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

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 49WA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGRF - Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (14 nm N)
KOLM - Olympia Regional Airport (17 nm NW)
KTCM - McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (18 nm N)
KPLU - Pierce County Airport/Thun Field (18 nm NE)
KCLS - Chehalis-Centralia Airport (22 nm SW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 17-Aug-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3812:38
Sunrise06:1113:11
Sunset20:1703:17
Evening civil twilight20:5003:50

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-Aug-2026 08:38:42
Local (UTC-7)  17-Aug-2026 01:38:42
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		170755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01500130 402470148 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		170755Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01670142 402530146 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		170754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01280122 402440128 $
KPLU 
18nm NE 		170815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC036 14/14 A3017 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		170815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN043 BKN048 13/13 A3017 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		170753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01560139
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		170700Z 1707/1813 24003KT 9999 SCT035 QNH3013INS BECMG 1710/1711 25005KT 9999 BKN010 BKN020 QNH3013INS BECMG 1713/1714 25003KT 8000 BR BKN008 OVC015 QNH3016INS BECMG 1717/1718 28003KT 9999 NSW BKN017 OVC024 QNH3014INS BECMG 1718/1719 31003KT 9999 SCT025 QNH3013INS TX27/1800Z TN13/1713Z
KTCM 
16nm N 		170500Z 1705/1811 32006KT 9999 FEW055 QNH3014INS BECMG 1710/1711 27005KT 9999 BKN025 QNH3014INS BECMG 1712/1713 25005KT 9999 BKN009 OVC017 QNH3014INS BECMG 1716/1717 24005KT 9999 SCT015 BKN024 QNH3014INS BECMG 1720/1721 35006KT 9999 SKC QNH3004INS TX26/1721Z TN13/1713Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		170520Z 1706/1806 20003KT P6SM SCT250 FM170700 00000KT P6SM BKN130 FM171200 00000KT 6SM BR OVC004 FM171700 03003KT P6SM BKN010 FM171900 03005KT P6SM SCT250 FM180100 30005KT P6SM FEW250
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