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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025

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 360-754-0781
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 01-Jul-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4111:41
Sunrise05:2112:21
Sunset21:0704:07
Evening civil twilight21:4604:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Jul-2025 20:33:32
Local (UTC-7)  01-Jul-2025 13:33:32
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		011955Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM CLR 28/11 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02820113 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		011955Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02900128
KOLM 
17nm NW 		011954Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/11 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02780111
KPLU 
18nm NE 		012015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/12 A2996 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		012015Z AUTO 01008KT 320V030 10SM CLR 28/13 A2995 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		011953Z 27006KT 10SM CLR 26/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02610122
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		011300Z 0113/0219 17002KT 9999 SKC QNH2997INS BECMG 0210/0211 22010KT 9999 BKN012 QNH2993INS BECMG 0215/0216 21010KT 9999 BKN012 OVC020 QNH2999INS TX29/0123Z TN13/0212Z
KTCM 
16nm N 		011300Z 0113/0219 31006KT 9999 SKC QNH2998INS BECMG 0120/0121 36010G15KT 9999 SKC QNH2996INS BECMG 0205/0206 27006KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS TX30/0123Z TN14/0114Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		011720Z 0118/0218 02006KT P6SM SKC FM020500 20006KT P6SM SKC FM021100 20006KT P6SM BKN015
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